List of the oldest buildings in Delaware explained

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	Location	First Built	Use	Notes
Block House		1654	Defense	Possibly the oldest building in Delaware, however, some date the building to ca. 1723
Ryves Holt House		1665	Residence	Likely the oldest house in Delaware
Town Point	Dover, Delaware	1677	Residence
Lombardy Hall		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		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)		1698	Religious	Oldest Swedish Church in the United States
Brecknock	Camden, Delaware	ca. 1700	Residence
Dutch House		1701	Residence	Built either in the mid 1690s or 1701. Historic home and museum
Maston House	Seaford, Delaware	1727	Residence
New Castle County Court House		1732	Government	One of the oldest continuously used courthouses in America
Prince George's Chapel		1755	Religious	Episcopal chapel of ease
Barratt's Chapel		1780	Religious	Oldest Methodist church building in the U.S.
Pratt House		1785	Residential	Former home of the influential Pratt family.