The Oldest Houses in Whately
266 resources stand on the state's historic inventory here: 214 of them buildings, with 29 recorded as demolished and excluded below. The assessors' rolls corroborate the age: about 29 parcels in town carry pre-1800 construction dates.
The Oldest on the Inventory
- 1749Parker, Abraham House · 323 River Rd
- 1752Bardwell, Ebenezer House · 108 North St · Colonial
- 1760Crafts, Benoni House · 79 North St · Georgian
- 1760Waite, Dea. Simeon House · 33 Christian Ln · Colonial
- 1761Morton, Oliver and Hannah House · 207 Chestnut Plain Rd · Altered beyond recognition; ItalianateNational Register
- 1762White, Capt. Salmon House · 101 Chestnut Plain Rd · Georgian
- 1763Taylor, Adonijah House · 18 Glen Rd
- 1770Waite, John Jr. House · 59 Christian Ln · Colonial; Georgian
- 1772Brown, Lt. John House · 61 Poplar Hill Rd · ColonialNational Register
- 1773Field, Noah House · 148 Conway Rd · Federal; Greek RevivalNational Register
- 1773Frary, Capt. Eleazer Jr. Farmhouse · 32 Chestnut Plain Rd · Colonial
- 1778Chapin, Dr. Perez House · 190 Chestnut Plain Rd · Colonial Revival; 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 Whately Is Built In
- Greek Revival31
- Federal20
- Colonial Revival12
- Not researched; Ranch9
- Victorian Eclectic8
- Cape; Not researched7
- Colonial5
- Cape; Postwar Traditional3
Inventoried buildings by recorded style, the survey's lens, not a census of every roof in town.
What Listing Actually Means Here
119 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 24 historic areas in town: Whately Center Historic District; Morton, Oliver Farm; Claverack….
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.