See also: Oldest buildings in America. This article attempts to list the oldest buildings in the state of Vermont in the United States of America, including the oldest houses in Vermont and any other surviving structures from the eighteenth century period or the oldest of its type. Some dates are approximate and based on architectural studies and historical records, other dates are based on dendrochronology. All entries should include citation with reference to: architectural features; a report by an architectural historian; or dendrochronology.
| Building | Location | First Built | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mooar-Wright House | Pownal, Vermont | c. 1750-1767 | Possibly the oldest house in Vermont[1] and possible Dutch influence.[2] Date not yet verified with dendrochronology. | |
| Jedidiah Dewey House | Bennington, Vermont | c.a 1763-1765 | Oldest house in Bennington, built for minister[3] Possibly oldest in Vermont.[4] | |
| Elias Olcott House | Rockingham, Vermont | c. 1763 | Oldest house in Rockingham; located in the City Dale neighborhood[5] | |
| Governor Hunt House | Vernon, Vermont | 1764 | Built by Jonathan Hunt in 1764. He was a Vermont pioneer and served as the state's second lieutenant governor. The house was dated through dendrochronology research in 2022. The oldest house in Vermont verified through dendrochronology. [6] [7] | |
| William Harris House (Brattleboro, Vermont) | Brattleboro, Vermont | c. 1768 | Possibly the oldest house in Vermont; Date not yet verified with dendrochronology. | |
| Henry House (Bennington, Vermont) | Bennington, Vermont | 1769 | Reomodeled in 1798 | |
| The Walloomsac Inn | Bennington, Vermont | 1771 | Oldest inn in Vermont[8] | |
| Jehiel and Mary Webb House | Rockingham, Vermont | 1775 | second oldest house in Rockingham; located at 7 Meeting House Rd., Rockingham Village.[9] also purported to be David Pulsifer Inn, which would make the building 10 years older[10] | |
| Old Constitution House | Windsor, Vermont | prior to 1777 | birthplace of the Vermont Republic and the Constitution of the State of Vermont | |
| Dutton House | Shelburne, Vermont | 1782 | Moved to grounds of Shelburne Museum from Cavendish, Vermont. | |
| Hyde Log Cabin | Grand Isle, Vermont | 1783 | One of the oldest log cabins in U.S. | |
| Gov. Jonas Galusha Homestead | Shaftsbury Center, Vermont | 1783 | well-preserved example of Federal period architecture | |
| Eureka Schoolhouse | Springfield, Vermont | 1785 | Oldest schoolhouse in Vermont | |
| Ethan Allen Homestead | Burlington, Vermont | 1787 | Home of Ethan Allen[11] | |
| Rockingham Meeting House | Rockingham, Vermont | 1787-1801 | Oldest church building in Vermont. | |
| Rokeby | Ferrisburgh, Vermont | 1780s | located on a 90-acre farm | |
| Pearl House | Burlington, Vermont | 1789 | Oldest building in Burlington[12] | |
| Ye Olde Tavern, Vermont | Manchester Center, Vermont | 1790 | Oldest operating inn in Vermont | |
| Old Stone House (Winooski, Vermont) | Winooski, Vermont | 1790 | Oldest house in Winooski | |
| Dakin Family Farm House | Ferrisburgh, Vermont | 1792 | Originally Built by Timothy Dakin of the Dakin Farm family | |
| Hathaway's Tavern | St. Albans (city), Vermont | 1793 | Oldest building in St. Albans | |
| John Strong Mansion Museum | Addison, Vermont | 1795 | Construction started by 1795. | |
| Warren Cottle House | South Woodstock, Vermont | 1796 | Construction started by 1796.[13] | |
| Farrar-Mansur House | Weston, Vermont | 1797 | Open as a museum | |
| Grasse Mount | Burlington, Vermont | 1804 | Oldest campus building standing in its original form at the University of Vermont (the original oldest building, "Old Mill" was destroyed by fire in 1824, and reconstructed the next year).[14] | |
| Pulp Mill Covered Bridge | Middlebury and Weybridge, Vermont | c. 1808-1850 | Oldest covered bridge in Vermont | |
| 1846 | Oldest light house in Vermont | |||