South Hadley · The Old House Atlas
The Oldest Houses in South Hadley
221 resources stand on the state's historic inventory here: 199 of them buildings, with 11 recorded as demolished and excluded below. The assessors' rolls corroborate the age: about 29 parcels in town carry pre-1800 construction dates.
The Oldest on the Inventory
- 1732Old Meeting House, The · 3 Hadley St · Georgian
- 1733White, Dea. Josiah House · 40 Woodbridge St · Colonial; GeorgianNational Register
- 1735Smith, Chileab House · 89 Woodbridge St · Colonial; Colonial Revival
- 1735Alvord, John Jr. House · 13 Alvord St · Colonial
- 1735White, Joseph Sr. House · 82 Woodbridge St · GeorgianNational Register
- 1740Clark, Israel House · 43 Woodbridge St · ColonialNational Register
- 1742Woodbridge, Rev. John - Lovell, Willard House · 7 Silver St · GeorgianNational Register
- 1750Smith, Silas House · 153 Lyman St · Colonial
- 1750Snow, Josiah Tannery Shop · 30 Silver St · Colonial
- 1750Snow, Josiah House · 28 Silver St · Georgian
- 1750Preston, Jonathan House · 145 Mosier St · Colonial; Georgian
- 1759Church, Benjamin Jr. House · 4 East St · Federal; Italianate
Dates are the surveyor's attribution, often approximate. Names are the inventory's own historic designations. These are private homes unless a museum says otherwise, admire from the road.
What South Hadley Is Built In
- Greek Revival22
- Colonial Revival19
- Queen Anne14
- Italianate12
- Victorian Eclectic11
- Federal9
- Classical Revival8
- Colonial6
Inventoried buildings by recorded style, the survey's lens, not a census of every roof in town.
What Listing Actually Means Here
32 of the town's inventoried resources are on the National Register, an honour that, for a private owner, restricts almost nothing. No local historic district binds owners here. 1 carry recorded preservation restrictions that run with the deed. The inventory maps 5 historic areas in town: Woodbridge Street Historic District; South Hadley Canal Historic District; Mount Holyoke College Campus….
Old Houses Nearby
The nearest towns, and the age of their housing stock.
From the Desk
RE413 News: what to check before you buy an old house here. Built from the same public record as the figures on this page.
Sources
- Massachusetts Historical Commission inventory; assessors' parcel rolls for the age corroboration. Checked 2026-08-05.
"Figures through" is the period the publisher's data describes; "checked" is only when we last asked. The full sourcing: sources and method.