List of the oldest buildings in Delaware

See also: List of the oldest buildings in the United States

This article attempts to list the oldest extant buildings surviving in the state of Delaware in the United States of America, including the oldest houses in Delaware and any other surviving structures. Some dates are approximate and based upon dendrochronology, architectural studies, and historical records. Sites on the list are generally from the First Period of American architecture or earlier. To be listed here a site must:

  • date from prior to 1776; or
  • be the oldest building in a county, large city, or oldest of its type (church, government building, etc.),
Building Image Location First Built Use Notes
Block House Claymont, Delaware 1654 Defense Possibly the oldest building in Delaware, however, some date the building to ca. 1723
Ryves Holt House Lewes, Delaware 1665 Residence Likely the oldest house in Delaware
Town Point Dover, Delaware 1677 Residence
Lombardy Hall Wilmington, Delaware 1683 (earliest part) Residence National Historic Landmark (NHL), home to Gunning Bedford Jr., a delegate to the Constitutional Convention and a signer of the U.S. Constitution.
Belmont Hall Smyrna, Delaware 1685 (earliest part) Residence large Georgian addition built about 1753 by Thomas Collins, who would become the sixth governor of Delaware.
Hendrickson House Wilmington, Delaware from Chester, Pennsylvania 1690 Residence Moved from Chester, PA to Wilmington, DE in 1958
Holy Trinity Church (Old Swedes) Wilmington, Delaware 1698 Religious Oldest Swedish Church in the United States
Brecknock Camden, Delaware ca. 1700 Residence
Dutch House Newcastle, Delaware 1701 Residence Built either in the mid 1690s or 1701. Historic home and museum
Maston House
Seaford, Delaware

1703 Historic Home and residence

Woodstock House [Wilmington, Delaware] 1727 Residence
New Castle County Court House New Castle, Delaware 1732 Government One of the oldest continuously used courthouses in America
Prince George's Chapel Dagsboro, Delaware 1755 Religious Episcopal chapel of ease
Barratt's Chapel Frederica, Delaware 1780 Religious Oldest Methodist church building in the U.S.
Pratt House Milford, Delaware 1785 Residential Former home of the influential Pratt family.

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