Westfield · The Old House Atlas
The Oldest Houses in Westfield
880 resources stand on the state's historic inventory here: 715 of them buildings, with 60 recorded as demolished and excluded below. The assessors' rolls corroborate the age: about 53 parcels in town carry pre-1800 construction dates.
The Oldest on the Inventory
- 1735Dewey, Joseph House · 87 South Maple St · GeorgianPreservation restriction
- 1740Bush House · 81 East Silver St · Georgian
- 1747Clapp, Ezra Tavern · 53 Court St · ColonialNational Register
- 1750Bates, Elijah House · 21 Holland Ave · ColonialNational Register
- 1750Grant, Alexander Joinery Shop · 153 Main St · Italianate
- 1750Fowler, Alvin House · 39-41 Pleasant St · GeorgianNational Register
- 1750Unnamed in the inventory · Old Feeding Hills Rd · Colonial
- 1750Unnamed in the inventory · 174 Main St · Colonial
- 1755Bancroft, Capt. John House · Pochassic St · Georgian
- 1755Weller, Caleb House · 19-21 Bates St · ColonialNational Register
- 1758Kellogg, Samuel House · Sackett Rd · Georgian
- 1760Phelps, Aaron - Hedges House · 9 West Silver St · Federal; Greek RevivalNational 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 Westfield Is Built In
- Italianate120
- Colonial Revival97
- Queen Anne95
- Greek Revival57
- Victorian Eclectic30
- Colonial21
- Federal16
- Postwar Traditional15
Inventoried buildings by recorded style, the survey's lens, not a census of every roof in town.
What Listing Actually Means Here
589 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. 9 carry recorded preservation restrictions that run with the deed. The inventory maps 16 historic areas in town: Park Square; Court Street; Elm Street Commercial 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.