Washington · The Old House Atlas
The Oldest Houses in Washington
39 resources stand on the state's historic inventory here: 25 of them buildings, with 3 recorded as demolished and excluded below. The assessors' rolls corroborate the age: about 4 parcels in town carry pre-1800 construction dates.
The Oldest on the Inventory
- 1770Millikan, William Farm · 1796 Washington Mountain Rd · Federal; GeorgianNational Register
- 1790Savery, Hiram Farm · 1651 Washington Mountain RdNational Register
- 1800Clark - Strong - Abbott - Pomeroy Farm · 1648 Washington Mountain Rd · Federal; GeorgianNational Register
- 1810Sibley - Corcoran House · 387 Upper Valley Rd · Federal; Greek RevivalNational Register
- 1810Martin - Newton - Johnson House · 4 Upper Valley Rd
- 1810Morgen, Jasper Tavern · 452 Washington Mountain Rd · FederalNational Register
- 1823Hathaway - Nichols - Barnes - Shultz House · 1336 Washington Mountain Rd
- 1830Kent, John Farm · 177 Ryan Rd · Greek Revival
- 1832Benson, Noah Farm · 576 Summit Hill Rd
- 1835Spring - Beach House · 104 Beach Rd · Greek Revival; No style
- 1837Richards - Seagers - Plain House · 376 Summit Hill Rd
- 1843Eames, Philip House · 88 Stonehouse Rd · FederalNational 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 Washington Is Built In
- Greek Revival3
- Federal2
- Federal; Georgian2
- Greek Revival; No style1
- Gothic Revival1
- Federal; Greek Revival1
Inventoried buildings by recorded style, the survey's lens, not a census of every roof in town.
What Listing Actually Means Here
17 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 3 historic areas in town: Upper Historic District; Lower Historic District; October Mountain State Forest - Felton Lake.
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.