Building | Image | Location | Dated | Use | Notes |
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Brooke Place Manor[1] | | St. Leonard, Maryland | 1652 | Residence | One of the earliest manor houses in the State. This brick structure of flemish bond brick, was an early 17th century 1-1/2 story building with a very steep A-roof. It was enlarged in the 1840s into a 2-1/2 story Greek Revival structure, with a gently sloping A-roof. The home, built by Robert Brooke, Sr, still resides on 100 acres of the original 2,100 acres granted to him in 1649 by Cecil Calvert, 2nd Lord Baltimore. |
Old Trinity Church (Church Creek) | | | Church Creek, Maryland | 1675 | Religious | Church building in continuous use; as such, oldest in the US.[2] |
Third Haven Meeting House | | Talbot County, Maryland | 1682 | Religious | Oldest Quaker meeting house in the United States |
Spring House, Ft. Lincoln Cemetery | | Fort Lincoln Cemetery, Prince George's County, Maryland | 1683 | Springhouse | Small springhouse structure. In Maryland by 300 ft.[3] |
Fort Garrison | | Stevenson, Maryland | | Fort | |
| | Friendship, Maryland | 1698 (fall or winter); 1713; | Residence | Primitive, two-room, -story frame house at its incarnation. Two subsequent additions/upgrades performed, including a full structural brick encasement in .[4] |
Morgan Hill Farm | | Lusby, Maryland | | Residence | Oldest part built between 1670 and 1700. |
Sands House | | Annapolis, Maryland | | Residence | Unconfirmed date of construction. Dendrochronology points to a date as early as 1681, but other sources point toward 1739. Historical marker inscribed with a date. |
Sotterley Plantation | | Hollywood, Maryland | 1702 | Museum | Popular public historic interpretation and living history exhibits |
Cedar Park | | Galesville, Maryland | 1702 | Residence | Date was ascertained through dendrochronology. |
Cloverfields | | Wye Mills, Maryland | 1705 | Residential | Dendrochronological analysis has been able to date a number of the key construction phases.[5] |
Rehoboth Presbyterian Church | | Rehobeth, Maryland | 1706; 1888; 1954–1955 | Religious | Oldest Presbyterian Church in continuous use in the United States[6] |
Old Queen Anne's County Courthouse | | Queenstown, Maryland | 1708 | Government | |
Carvill Hall | | Chestertown, Maryland | 1694–1709 | Residence | |
All Hallows Church | | Edgewater, Maryland | 1710 | Religious | |
St. Paul's Episcopal Church | | Fairlee, Maryland | 1713 | Religious | Associated vestry house, erected in 1766, is one of two that survive in the state (the other being at St. George's Church at Perryman). |
Melwood Park | | Prince George's County, Maryland | 1714 (dendrochronology)[7] | Residence | Originally thought to date to 1720s, but dendrochronology moved it back over a decade. |
Shiplap House | | Annapolis, Maryland | | Tavern/store | One of the oldest buildings in Annapolis' colonial district. |
Sarum | | Newport, Maryland | 1717 | Residence | Constructed spring–summer 1717. Previously believed to be of 17th century origin.[8] A shed on the site was built in 1736. |
Richland Farm | | Clarksville, Maryland | 1719; 1920 | Residence | Large addition to the rear added in 1920. |
Ocean Hall | | Bushwood, Maryland | 1719 | Residence | Date was ascertained through dendrochronology. |
Bellefields | | Croom, Maryland | | Residence | |
Presbury Meetinghouse | | Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland | 1720 | Religious | |
Sudley | | Deale, Maryland | 1720–1730 | Residence | |
Burch House | | Port Tobacco, Maryland | 1720–1730 | Residence | |
Rich Hill | | Bel Alton, Maryland | 1720–1740 | Residence | |
Charles Carroll House | | Annapolis, Maryland | 1721 | Residence | One of 15 surviving birthplaces of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. |
White House Farm | | Chestertown, Maryland | 1721; 1831 | Residence | Original section built in 1721. |
Anne Arundel County Free School | | Davidsonville, Maryland | 1724 | School | Only surviving school built in response to the Maryland Free School Act of 1723. |
East Nottingham Friends Meetinghouse | | Rising Sun, Maryland | 1724; 1752 | Meetinghouse | Brick portion burned in 1749; rebuilt and enlarged in 1752, with the original brick walls remaining |
| | Johnstown, Maryland | 1725 | Residence | Originally thought to date to 1651 |
| | Bryans Road, Maryland | 1725 | Residence | Earliest portioned built in 1725, with several additions later on. Severely damaged by fire sometime after 1980. A small brick building near it built around 1760. |
| | Westover, Maryland | 1725 | Residence | |
| | St. Augustine, Maryland | 1725–1750 | Residence | Built during second quarter of 18th century. |
| | Ellicott City, Maryland | 1727 | Residence | |
| | Ellicott City, Maryland | 1727; 1832 | Residence | Earliest portioned built in 1727, enlarged and remodeled in 1832. |
St. Luke's Church | | Church Hill, Maryland | | Religious | |
Yarmouth | | Cambridge, Maryland | | Residence | |
Larkin's Hundred | | Harwood, Maryland | | Residence | Traditionally said to be built in 1704, more likely built second half of 18th century. |
Bishopton | | Church Hill, Maryland | | Residence | |
Hopkins-Matthews House | | Darlington, Maryland | | Residence | |
Kingston | | Upper Marlboro, Maryland | | Residence | |
Readbourne | | Centerville, Maryland |
- 1791; 1948
| Residence | Center block from 1730, south wing build in 1791. North wing was built in 1948. |
Hopewell | | Providence, Cecil County | 1730–1750 | Residence | |
| | Nanjemoy, Maryland | 1732 | Religious | One of the oldest Episcopal church buildings in Maryland. |
| | Berkley, Maryland | | Residence | |
| | Queenstown, Maryland | 1733; 1817; 1954 | Residence | Severely damaged in the War of 1812 by British forces. Enlarged in 1954. |
| | Marion Station, Maryland | 1733; 1825; 1850; 1968 | Residence | |
| | Brandywine, Maryland |
- 1769; 1793; 1921
| Religious | |
St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church | | Quantico, Maryland | 1733 | Religious | |
| | Annapolis, Maryland | 1735 | Government | Oldest government building in Annapolis |
Bennett's Adventure | | Allen, Maryland | | Residence | |
| | Crownsville, Maryland | | Residence | Earliest portion could date to 17th century. |
| | Annapolis, Maryland | 1737 | Tavern | |
| | Georgetown, Maryland | 1737–1776 | Residence | Situated on original plot from 1737, unknown when it was actually built. |
| | Annapolis, Maryland | 1738 | Residence | |
| | Elkridge, Maryland | 1738 | Residence | |
| | Annapolis, Maryland | 1739 | Residence | |
| | Chestertown, Maryland | | Residence | Built in the 1740s |
| | Hagerstown, Maryland | 1740 | Residence | Built by Jonathan Hager, the founder of Hagerstown, and the oldest building in Washington County |
| | Stevensville, Maryland | 1740 | Residence | |
Robinson House | | Severna Park, Maryland | 1740 | Residence | |
Worthington House | | Darlington, Maryland | | Residence | |
Best Endeavor | | Churchville, Maryland | 1740; 1785 | Residence | East portion of house added on in 1785. |
Bull-Barrow House | | Bel Air, Maryland | | Residence | |
Deer Park House | | Dublin, Maryland | | Residence | |
Belair Mansion | | Bowie, Maryland | | Residence | |
Waddy House | | Princess Anne, Maryland | | Residence | |
| | Annapolis, Maryland | 1741 | Residence | |
| | Port Tobacco, Maryland | 1741 | Residence | Connected chapel built in 1798 |
Pemberton Hall | | Salisbury, Maryland | 1741 | Residence | |
| | South River, Maryland | 1742 | Clubhouse | |
| | Annapolis, Maryland | 1742 | School | |
| | East New Market, Maryland | | Residence | |
| | Ednor, Maryland | | Residence | |
| | Upper Marlboro, Maryland | | Residence | |
| | Upper Marlboro, Maryland |
- 1859; 1888; 1905
| Religious | |
| | Bladensburg, Maryland | | Residence | |
| | Owings Mills, Maryland | 1743 | Religious | |
| | Bel Air, Maryland | | Religious | One of the oldest extant buildings associated with the Catholic Church in America. |
| | Harwood, Maryland | 1743; 1827 | Residence | |
William Barroll House | | Chestertown, Maryland | | Residence | |
| | Earleville, Maryland | | Residence | |
| | Bel Air, Maryland | 1744; 1820 | Residence | |
Middleham Chapel | | Lusby, Maryland | 1744 | Religious | Built in 1748, replacing an earlier building erected around 1684 |
| | Calvert, Maryland | 1745; 1785 | Residence | |
Araby | | Mason's Springs, Maryland | 1746 | Residence | "Dendrochronological analysis has shown that one of the timbers used to construct the original building was felled in the spring of 1746."[9] |
| | Rising Sun, Maryland | 1746 | Residence | |
| | Frederick, Maryland | 1790 - 1795 | Residence | |
Custom House | | Chestertown, Maryland | 1746 | Residence | |
Bostwick | | Bladensburg, Maryland | 1746 | Residence | |
| | Bel Air, Maryland | 1747 | Residence | |
Christ Church | | Accokeek, Maryland | 1747 | Religious | Begun in 1747, replacing an earlier frame building. |
Beatty-Cramer House | | Frederick, Maryland | 1748; 1855 | Residence | Addition constructed in 1855. Dendrochronological research to date the structure is ongoing. Oldest standing home in Frederick County, MD. | |
| | Snow Hill, Maryland | 1748 | Religious | |
| | Woodland Beach, Maryland | | Tavern | |
| | Wye Mills, Maryland |
- 1800
| Residence | |
Perry Point Mansion House | | Perryville, Maryland | | Residence | |
Stump Family Grist Mill | | Perryville, Maryland | | Mill | |
Buckingham House | | Buckeystown, Maryland | | Residence | School is a later addition to the attached house. |
Howard Lodge | | Sykesville, Maryland | | Residence | |
Indian Queen Tavern and Black's Store | | Charlestown, Maryland | 1750 | Hotel/Retail | |
| | Annapolis, Maryland | 1750 | Residence | Could've been built even earlier, possibly in 1739. |
Rosehill | | Gambrills, Maryland | 1750 | Residence | |
The Homestead | | Baldwin, Maryland | 1750 | Residence | |
Rodgers Tavern | | Perryville, Maryland | 1750 | Hotel | |
Chimney House | | Port Tobacco, Maryland | 1750 | Residence | |
Poplar Hill | | Aberdeen, Maryland | 1750 | Residence | |
Mount Pleasant | | Upper Marlboro, Maryland | | Residence | |
Piscataway House | | Fort Washington, Maryland |
- 1932
| Residence | Relocated from its original location in Piscataway, Maryland in the 1930s. Disassembled and rebuilt on present location. |
Potter Hall | | Williston, Maryland | 1750; 1808; 1930 | Residence | Central section built in 1750, 2 1⁄2-story Flemish bond brick structure built about 1808. Single story kitchen wing built in 1930. |
Joshua's Meadows | | Bel Air, Maryland | 1750; 1937 | Residence | |
White Swan Tavern | | Chestertown, Maryland | | Tavern | |
Piscataway Tavern | | Piscataway, Maryland |
- 1810
| Tavern | Larger Federal addition from 1810, replacing original structure. |
Wyoming | | Clinton, Maryland |
- 1800; 1850
| Residence | Connecting two-bay section built in 1850. |
Waterloo | | Princess Anne, Maryland | | Residence | |
Ellerslie | | Port Tobacco, Maryland | | Residence | |
Rose Hill | | Chestertown, Maryland | | Residence | |
Elk Landing | | Elkton, Maryland | | Residence | |
Maidstone | | Owings, Maryland | 1751 | Residence | Previously believed to date to the 17th century, a dendrochronology survey determined time period of fall-winter 1751.[10] |
Blunt Farm and Granite Quarries | | Granite, Maryland | 1751 | Farm | |
Kitterman–Buckey Farm | | Johnsville, Maryland | 1752 | Farm | Springhouse and Cabin on property also date from 1752 |
Rising Sun Inn | | Crownsville, Maryland | 1753 | Residence | |
Larkin's Hill Farm | | Harwood, Maryland | 1753 | Residence | |
Rich Hill | | Sassafras, Maryland | | Residence | |
Knocks Folly | | Kennedyville, Maryland | | Residence | |
Wye Mill | | Wye Mills, Maryland | 1753-1754 | Mill | Dendrochronological analysis has shown that the frame building was constructed from timbers felled in the spring of 1751 and the winter of 1753/4, suggesting that the building was constructed in the winter of 1753/4 or shortly thereafter.[11] |
Portland Manor | | Lothian, Maryland | 1755 | Residence | Date was ascertained through dendrochronology |
St. James Church | | Monkton, Maryland | 1755 | Religious | Bell tower added in 1884. |
The Ridge | | Derwood, Maryland | 1755 | Residence | |
Tulip Hill | | Galesville, Maryland | 1755–1756 | Residence | |
George Washington House | | Bladensburg, Maryland | | Tavern | |
Jeremiah Brown House and Mill Site | | Rising Sun, Maryland | 1757 | Residence | |
Schifferstadt | | Frederick, Maryland | 1758 | Residence | Oldest surviving building in Frederick city. Open for tours on weekend afternoons from April through November. |
| | Cambridge, Maryland | | Residence | Right wing of house built in 1759. |
| | Stevensville, Maryland | 1760 | Residence | Built in several stages beginning around 1760–80. Enlarged to present form during the second quarter of the 19th century. |
| | Stevensville, Maryland | 1760; 1949 | Residence | Restored in 1949, a wing was replaced by a newly constructed brick wing. |
| | Annapolis, Maryland | 1760 | Residence | |
| | Aberdeen, Maryland |
- 1775
| Residence | West section dates back to . Main structure built in 1780. |
| | Hillsboro, Maryland |
- 1780
| Residence | Brick wing built . Main structure built in 1780. |
| | Annapolis, Maryland | ca. 1760 | Residence | |
| | Cambridge, Maryland | | Residence | |
Cox-Davis-Barnes House | | Churchville, Maryland | | Residence | |
Lexon | | Centerville, Maryland | | Residence | |
Lansdowne | | Centerville, Maryland |
- 1823
| Residence | Smaller building is from 1760. Larger building built in 1823. |
Harmony Hall | | Fort Washington, Maryland | | Residence | Local tradition has it being built in 1723. |
| | Elkton, Maryland | 1761 | Religious | Remodeled to its current Victorian Gothic influenced appearance in 1872, and 1900. Also on the property is a stone Session House originally constructed in 1762. |
| | Pomfret, Maryland | 1761 | Residence | Earliest portion dates back to 1761. Added onto until about 1848. |
| | Worton, Maryland | 1761 | Residence | May encapsulate an even older structure. |
Bush Tavern | | Abingdon, Maryland | 1761-1762 | Tavern | "Dendrochronological analysis has shown that the original structure was built from timbers felled in the winter of 1761/2." |
| | Annapolis, Maryland | 1762 | Residence | |
| | Easton, Maryland | 1762 | Residence | One of the best examples of early Georgian style plantation houses on Maryland's Eastern Shore.[12] |
| | Annapolis, Maryland | 1762 | Residence | |
La Grange | | La Plata, Maryland | | Residence | |
Hockley | | Elkridge, Maryland | | Residence | |
St. James Episcopal Church | | Lothian, Maryland | 1763 | Religious | Replaced an earlier structure dating to 1695. Oldest documented gravestone in Maryland (dated 1665) is found in the churchyard.[13] |
Paca House and Garden | | Annapolis, Maryland | 1763 | Residence | |
Michael Cresap House | | Oldtown, Maryland | 1764 | Residence | |
Peggy Stewart House | | Annapolis, Maryland | 1764 | Residence | |
Mitchell House | | Fair Hill, Maryland | 1764 | Residence | |
Long Island Farm | | Parkville, Maryland | 1764 | Farm | |
Galloway Mansion | | Queenstown, Maryland | 1764 | Residence | Moved from its original location at Easton, Maryland in 2019. |
John Ridout House | | Annapolis, Maryland | 1764–1765 | Residence | |
Cross Manor | | St. Inigoes, Maryland | "Prior to 1765" | Residence | |
Whitehall | | Annapolis, Maryland | | Residence | |
Sycamore Cottage | | Cambridge, Maryland | | Residence | |
Market Master's House | | Bladensburg, Maryland | | Residence | |
Robert Long House | | Baltimore, Maryland | 1765 | Residence | Oldest surviving residential structure in Baltimore City |
Manokin Presbyterian Church | | Princess Anne, Maryland | 1765 | Religious | Georgian nave constructed in 1765, vestry and tower added in 1872, and 1888, respectively[14] |
Fugate House | | Monkton, Maryland | 1765-1766[15] | Residence | |
Branton Manor | | Sykesville, Maryland | | Residence | Oldest sections date to 1766. Middle portion was a later addition. |
St. George's Parish Vestry House | | Perryman, Maryland | 1766 | Religious | |
Stagg Hall | | Port Tobacco, Maryland | 1766-1767 | Residence | "A dendrochronological study was undertaken on the building in October 2015. Two of the timbers that were sampled were successfully dated, with one timber containing complete sapwood that provided a felling date of the winter of 1766/7."[16] |
Brice House | | Annapolis, Maryland | 1766–1773 | Residence | |
Cooke's Range at Pope Farm | | Derwood, Maryland | 1767 | Residence | "Dendrochronological analysis has shown that the original three-bay structure was built in the winter of 1766/7 or shortly thereafter."[17] |
Mount Clare | | Baltimore, Maryland | 1767 | Residence | Oldest Colonial-era structure in Baltimore, Maryland. |
Spye Park | | White Plains, Maryland | 1767 | Residence | |
Ringgold-Pearce House | | Chestertown, Maryland | 1767 | Residence | |
St. John's Episcopal Church | | Fort Washington, Maryland | 1767 | Religious | Located in the Broad Creek Historic District. The building is the 4th iteration of the church since the original was erected in 1695. |
Tubman Chapel, St. Mary's Star of the Sea Roman Catholic Church | | Church Creek, Maryland | 1767–1770 | Religious | Also used as a school house after later Victorian Era church was built across the road.[18] |
Shepherd's Delight | | Still Pond, Maryland | 1767–1783; 1810 | Residence | Built between 1767 and 1783. |
Maxwell Hall | | Patuxent, Maryland | c. 1767 | Residence | |
Long Hill | | Wetipquin, Maryland | 1767 | Residence | |
Sophia's Dairy | | Aberdeen, Maryland | 1768 | Residence | |
Emmanuel Episcopal Church | | Chestertown, Maryland | 1768 | Religious | |
Drury-Austin House | | Boyds, Maryland | 1768 | Residence | |
Harmony Hall | | Fort Washington, Maryland | 1769 | Residence | Located in the Broad Creek Historic District. It was originally known as Battersea, and overlooked the colonial port of Aire. |
Joseph Fiery House | | Clear Spring, Maryland | 1769 | Residence | Dendrochronological analysis has shown that the original structure was built from timbers felled in the winter of 1767/8 and the winter of 1768/9. |
Widehall | | Chestertown, Maryland | 1769 | Residence | |
Chase–Lloyd House | | Annapolis, Maryland | 1769–1774 | Residence | |
Mitchell House | | Elkton, Maryland | | Residence | |
Artisan's House | | Annapolis, Maryland | | Residence | Date of construction unknown, used as barracks during the American Revolutionary War. |
Hazelwood | | Upper Marlboro, Maryland |
- 1800; 1860
| Residence | |
Greenfields | | Cecilton, Maryland | 1770 | Residence | Possibly built earlier, 1740–1760. |
Truman's Place | | Hughesville, Maryland | 1770 | Residence | |
Colonel Joseph Wood House | | Woodsboro, Maryland | 1770 | Residence | |
Retreat | | Port Tobacco, Maryland | | Residence | |
Handsell | | Vienna, Maryland | | Residence | |
Mill Green Miller's House | | Street, Maryland | | Residence | |
Hebron | | Still Pond, Maryland | | Residence | |
London Coffee House | | Baltimore, Maryland | | Public | |
Haberdeventure | | | 1771 | Residence | |
Mary's Mount | | | 1771 | Residence | Earliest portion built in 1771. Enlarged in early 19th century. |
Maryland Inn | | Annapolis, Maryland | | Hotel | |
Pipe Creek Friends Meetinghouse | | Union Bridge, Maryland | 1772 | Meeting House | Interior destroyed by fire in 1934. |
Maryland State House | | | 1772–1797 | Government | Oldest state house in continuous use in the United States. |
Perry Hall Mansion | | | 1773; 1826 | Residence | Originally constructed in 1773, badly damaged in fire in 1826. Only half of main section and west wing were saved. |
The Robert Johnson House | | Annapolis, Maryland | 1773 | Hotel | |
Preacher House | | Darlington, Maryland | 1773 | Residence | |
Round About Hills | | Glenwood, Maryland | 1773 | Residence | |
Gunpowder Meetinghouse | | Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland | | Religious | Unknown if it is actually from 1773, but no evidence against it, as well. |
Chesterville Brick House | | Chesterville, Maryland | | Commercial | Moved from its original location in 1973. |
Ridout Row | | | 1773–1774 | Residence | |
Hammond–Harwood House | | | 1774 | Residential | Only existing work of colonial academic architecture that was principally designed from a plate in Andrea Palladio's I quattro libri dell'architettura (The Four Books of Architecture). |
Catoctin Furnace | | | 1774 | Iron Forge | Provided ammunition for American Revolutionary War |
Hinchingham | | | 1774 | Residence | |
Sexton's House | | | | Residence | Sexton's house is the only structure that dates back to 1700s. |
Reed's Creek Farm | | | 1775 | Residence | |
Fat Oxen | | Urbana, Maryland | | Residence | |
Little Elk Farm | | Providence, Cecil County | | Residence | |
Governor Calvert House | | Annapolis, Maryland | 1776 | Hotel | Original house burned in 1764, what was remaining of that was built into the current building. Original building dating back to early 18th century. |
Mount Friendship | | Darlington, Maryland | 1776; 1821 | Residence | |
| | Cambridge, Maryland | | Residence | Oldest home in Cambridge. Dated with dendrochronology[19] | |