Williamstown · The Old House Atlas
The Oldest Houses in Williamstown
407 resources stand on the state's historic inventory here: 322 of them buildings, with 26 recorded as demolished and excluded below. The assessors' rolls corroborate the age: about 41 parcels in town carry pre-1800 construction dates.
The Oldest on the Inventory
- 1752Hudson, Seth House · 56 Bulkley St
- 1764Horsford, William House · 196 South St · Colonial
- 1764Horsford, Josiah House · 1120 Main St · Altered beyond recognition; Second Empire
- 1765Clark, Capt. Samuel House · 83 Sloan Rd · ColonialNational Register
- 1765Pilgrim Inn · 32 South St · Victorian Eclectic
- 1767Sloan Tavern · 4 New Ashford Rd · Greek RevivalNational Register
- 1767Meack, Dr. Jacob House · 1192 Main St
- 1768Noble House · 734 Cold Spring Rd
- 1768Unnamed in the inventory · 326 Oblong Rd
- 1768Smith, Nathan House · 1385 Main St · Colonial
- 1770Simonds, Col. Benjamin House · 643 Simonds Rd · ColonialNational Register
- 1770Hawkins, Robert House · 668 Simonds Rd · 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 Williamstown Is Built In
- Greek Revival56
- Colonial Revival38
- Federal32
- Victorian Eclectic28
- Queen Anne14
- Classical Revival13
- Colonial13
- Italianate5
Inventoried buildings by recorded style, the survey's lens, not a census of every roof in town.
What Listing Actually Means Here
82 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. 14 carry recorded preservation restrictions that run with the deed. The inventory maps 17 historic areas in town: Williams College Campus; Mill Village Historic District; Mount Greylock Summit Historic District….
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.