Sunderland · The Old House Atlas
The Oldest Houses in Sunderland
249 resources stand on the state's historic inventory here: 226 of them buildings, with 9 recorded as demolished and excluded below. The assessors' rolls corroborate the age: about 19 parcels in town carry pre-1800 construction dates.
The Oldest on the Inventory
- 1718Billings, Samuel - Graves, Noah House · 207 North Main St · ColonialNational Register
- 1730Graves, Isaac House · 168 North Main St · GeorgianNational Register
- 1745Gunn House · 207 Montague Rd · Georgian
- 1748Whitmore, Col. Daniel Dwight House · 324 Falls Rd · Greek Revival
- 1753Hubbard, Isaac House · 467 Amherst Rd
- 1753Graves, Benjamin House · 1 Old Amherst Rd · GeorgianNational Register
- 1756Smith, Elisha House · 69 South Main StNational Register
- 1758Bodman, Manoah - Ashley, Rev. Joseph House · 38 South Main St · Greek RevivalNational Register
- 1763Hubbard, Maj. Caleb Tavern · 621 Amherst Rd · Georgian
- 1765Graves, Elias House · 18 South Main St · GeorgianNational Register
- 1765Graves, David House · 143 North Main St · GeorgianNational Register
- 1775Warner, Eleazer House · 167 North Main St · GeorgianNational Register
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 Sunderland Is Built In
- Greek Revival28
- Colonial Revival17
- Victorian Eclectic15
- Federal12
- Georgian7
- Bungalow; Craftsman6
- Postwar Traditional5
- Postwar Traditional; Ranch5
Inventoried buildings by recorded style, the survey's lens, not a census of every roof in town.
What Listing Actually Means Here
131 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 8 historic areas in town: Whitmore's Mills; School Street Area; Plumtrees….
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.