The Oldest Houses in Warwick
49 resources stand on the state's historic inventory here: 36 of them buildings, with 1 recorded as demolished and excluded below. The assessors' rolls corroborate the age: about 12 parcels in town carry pre-1800 construction dates.
The Oldest on the Inventory
- 1768Hedge, Rev. Lemuel - Reed, Rev. Samuel House · 49 Athol Rd · Federal
- 1770Rich, Lt. Thomas - Conant, Josiah House · Gale Rd · Federal
- 1772Stearns, Capt. Nathaniel House · 160 Richmond Rd · Colonial
- 1773Bowman, Samuel - Gale, Jacob R. House · 347 Flower Hill Rd
- 1775Shearman, Abner - Bancroft, Ebenezer House · 585 Old Winchester Rd
- 1785Bancroft, Ebenezer House - Warwick Poor Farm · 678 Winchester Rd
- 1800Russell, Justus House · 550 Winchester Rd · Federal
- 1804Stow, Amos and Thomas House · 456 Gale Rd · Federal
- 1809Morse, Nathan - Procter, Laban House · 2 Winchester Rd
- 1812Franklin Glass Company Superintendent House · 65 Orange Rd · Federal
- 1813Franklin Glass Company Showroom and Storehouse · 50 Orange Rd · Federal
- 1820Wheelock, Col. Lemuel - Lincoln, Frederick A. House · 17 Athol Rd · Federal
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 Warwick Is Built In
- Federal12
- Greek Revival10
- Colonial2
- Gothic Revival; Greek Revival1
- Queen Anne1
- Greek Revival; Italianate1
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 4 historic areas in town: Warwick Center; Erving State Forest - Laurel Lake Area; Mount Grace State Forest - Ohlson Field Area….
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.