Southampton · The Old House Atlas
The Oldest Houses in Southampton
360 resources stand on the state's historic inventory here: 171 of them buildings, with 9 recorded as demolished and excluded below. The assessors' rolls corroborate the age: about 18 parcels in town carry pre-1800 construction dates.
The Oldest on the Inventory
- 1733Judd, Rev. Jonathan House · 12 Maple St · GeorgianNational Register
- 1734Hannum, Eleazar House · 43 Pomeroy Meadow Rd · Colonial
- 1752Miller, John House · 186 College Hwy
- 1752Kingsley, Ebenezer House · 181 College Hwy · Colonial
- 1758Searle, Bildad House · 151 Gilbert Rd
- 1764Clapp, Timothy House · 423 College Hwy
- 1767Dady, William House · 268 Fomer Rd · Georgian
- 1768Sheldon, Israel House · 10 Crooked Ledge Rd · Colonial
- 1768Strong, Ichabod House · 271 College Hwy · ColonialNational Register
- 1769Clark, Jonathan House · 11 Gunn Rd
- 1771Sheldon, Paul House · 242 College HwyNational Register
- 1772Strong, Ichabod - Miller, Joseph William House · 84 Strong Rd · Greek Revival
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 Southampton Is Built In
- Greek Revival34
- Federal8
- Victorian Eclectic7
- Colonial Revival7
- Colonial7
- Queen Anne5
- Cape; Not researched3
- Not researched; Ranch3
Inventoried buildings by recorded style, the survey's lens, not a census of every roof in town.
What Listing Actually Means Here
252 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. The inventory maps 6 historic areas in town: Southampton Center Historic District; Lockville Historic District; Russellville….
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.