The Oldest Houses in Wales
113 resources stand on the state's historic inventory here: 85 of them buildings, with 19 recorded as demolished and excluded below. The assessors' rolls corroborate the age: about 8 parcels in town carry pre-1800 construction dates.
The Oldest on the Inventory
- 1755Fenton, William House · 79 Mount Hitchcock Rd
- 1755Rogers, Darius House · 41 Mount Hitchcock Rd
- 1779Needham, Capt. David House · 2 Walker Rd
- 1780Munger, Cyrus House · 157 Monson Rd
- 1800Wales South District Schoolhouse · 20 Stafford Rd
- 1800Wetherbee, William House · 40 Sizer Dr
- 1800Meadow District Schoolhouse · 24 Stafford Rd · Greek Revival
- 1800Needham, Danford House · 215 Union Rd
- 1802Wales Town Hall · 3 Main St · Greek Revival
- 1809Nichols, Dea. Pearly House · 121 Main St
- 1813Nelson, William House · 53 Stafford Rd · Federal
- 1820Wales, James Lawrence House · 18 Main St · Colonial
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 Wales Is Built In
- Greek Revival32
- Italianate3
- Victorian Eclectic3
- Greek Revival; Italianate2
- Second Empire2
- Victorian Gothic2
- Federal2
- Georgian1
Inventoried buildings by recorded style, the survey's lens, not a census of every roof in town.
What Listing Actually Means Here
No local historic district binds owners here. The inventory maps 1 historic area in town: Wales Center.
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.