List of the oldest buildings in New Jersey

This article attempts to list the oldest extant buildings surviving in the state of New Jersey in the United States of America, including the oldest houses in New Jersey and any other surviving structures. Some dates are approximate and based upon dendochronology, 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.),

Colonial era

Building	Place	Year	Purpose	Notes
C. A. Nothnagle Log House	Gibbstown	1638–43 c. 1638–43	Residence	Purportedly the oldest surviving log house in the U.S., once part of New Sweden, and the oldest house in NJ, and hence Gloucester County^[1]^[2]
Swedish Granary^[3]^[4]	Hopewell Greenwich	1650/1780s		Relocated. Once part of New Sweden, purportedly the oldest surviving building of its type in the US and likely oldest structure in Cumberland County^[1] Dendrochronology study from 2018 states a date in the 1780s.^[5]
Sip Manor^[6]^[7]^[8]	Jersey City Westfield	1666	Residence	Originally part of Bergen, New Netherland, relocated in 1926 from Hudson County^[9]^[10] and now oldest building in Union County^[11]
Parker Homestead	Little Silver	1667	Residence	One of the oldest homes in Monmouth County^[12]
Old Mill at Tinton Falls	Tinton Falls	1674 c. 1674	Mill
Obisquahassit^[13]^[14]^[1]	Lower Penns Neck	1678	Residence	Oldest house in Salem County Obisquahassit was the sachem who sold land to Anders Seneca, son of one of the first settlers to New Sweden who bought a large tract before Fenwick's Colony was established.
Stone House by the Stone House Brook^[15]^[16]	South Orange	pre-1680	Residence	Oldest house in Essex County. Original stone walls are visible within enveloping Queen Anne Victorian added in two stages in 1876 and prior to 1896.
Nathaniel Bonnell House	Elizabeth	1682 (1670)		Oldest house in Elizabethtown, original capital of Province of New Jersey and oldest original building in Union County
6 West Pearl Street Penn's Brew House	Burlington	1682	Residence	Oldest brewhouse in state
Aaron Dunn Homestead	Woodbridge	1685^[17]	Residence	Possibly the oldest house in Woodbridge and Middlesex County.
Buckelew Mansion	Jamesburg	1685 c. 1685^[18]^[19]	Residence	One room in the house dates to 1685 c. 1685, possibly oldest in Middlesex County. House was expanded, most recently in the 19th century, and is also known as Lakeview
Revell House^[20]^[1]	Burlington	1685	Residence	Oldest house in Burlington County
Chew-Powell House	Gloucester Township	1688	Residence	Oldest house in Camden County^[1]
Ladd's Castle	West Deptford Township	1688–90 c. 1688–90	Residence	Home to the surveyor John Ladd who assisted William Penn in planning Philadelphia.^[1] Oldest brick house in Gloucester County
Hendrick Fisher House^[21]^[22]	Franklin	1688	Residence	Oldest structure in Somerset County substantially renovated in early 20th century, now owned by Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA
Newkirk House^[23]^[24]	Jersey City	1690 c. 1690	Commercial	Oldest building in Hudson County, originally built as homestead
Caesar Hoskins Log Cabin	Mauricetown	1690	Residence	Oldest house in Cumberland County
Robinson Plantation House^[25]	Clark	1690 c. 1690	Residence
Coxe Hall Cottage^[26]^[1]	Cold Spring	1691	Museum	Oldest extant structure in Cape May County once part of complex belonging to Daniel Coxe. Relocated/reconstructed at Historic Cold Spring Village
Griffith Morgan House	Pennsauken Township	1693	Residence
Joseph Cooper House^[1]	Camden	1695	Abandoned	Oldest house in Camden Roof burnt about 2005 and in danger of complete collapse.
Schuyler-Colfax House^[27]	Wayne	1695	Residence	Oldest buildings in Passaic County
John Mason House	Elsinboro	1695	Residence	Oldest part has patterned brick, date stone marked 1695^[28]^[29]
St. John's Parsonage	Elizabeth	1696	Parsonage	Oldest religious building in Elizabeth
Thomas Maskel House	Greenwich Township	1698	Residence
Andrews-Barlett Homestead^[30]^[31]	Tuckerton Seaport	1699	Unused	Likely the oldest house in Ocean County^[1]
Mortonson-Van Leer Log Cabin	Swedesboro	1700 c. 1700		One of the oldest Swedish-Finnish log buildings in America, adjacent to Trinity Church Cemetery
Westerbrook–Bell House^[32]^[33]	Sandyston Township	1701 c. 1701	Residence	Oldest house in Sussex County
St. Mary's Episcopal Church	Burlington	1703	Religious	Oldest church in New Jersey^[34]
Mullica House	Mullica Hill	1704	Residence	Built by Swedish settler (with Finnish ancestry) Eric Mullica. Log house, which has survived more than 300 years and also hurricane Sandy, which destroyed many other buildings.
Mead–Van Duyne House	Wayne	1706	Museum	Second oldest surviving Dutch stone house in Passaic County^[35]
Isaac Watson House^[36]	Hamilton	1708	Museum	Oldest building in Mercer County, restored in 1964 as headquarters of the NJ Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution
Jonathan Singletary Dunham House	Woodbridge Township	1709	Residence	Built by Jonathan Singletary Dunham, who built the first gristmill in New Jersey and was a member of the New Jersey Assembly^[37] Date of 1709 ascertained through tree-ring dating.
Rockingham	Rocky Hill Kingston	1710 c. 1710	Museum	John Berrien's house served as the headquarters for George Washington and the Continental Army from August 23, 1783 to November 10, 1783. The house has been relocated three times: 1897, 1956, and 2001.^[38]
Plume House	Newark	1710	Rectory	Located near I-280 the house is threatened by pollution and vibration, and considered one of the 10 most threatened historical sites in the state^[39]
Sydenham House	Newark	1711	Residence	Oldest private home in Newark
John Holcombe House	Delaware Township	1711	Museum	Part of Holcombe-Jimison Farmstead Museum. Oldest house in Hunterdon County^[40]^[41]^[42]
Shinn Curtis Log House	Mount Holly	1712
Perth Amboy City Hall	Perth Amboy	1714–1717	City hall	Oldest city hall in US
Woodbury Friends' Meetinghouse^[43]	Woodbury	1715	Religious	Oldest Friends meeting house
Seaville Friends Meeting House^[44]	Seaville	1717	Religious	Friends meeting house
William Green House	Ewing Township, New Jersey	1717-1830	Residence (abandoned)	On grounds of The College of New Jersey
William Trent House	Trenton	1719	Residence	Oldest house in Trenton, the state capitol, and served unofficially as governor's residence
Martin Berry House	Pequannock Township	1720	Residence	Former residence of Samuel Berry, Berry's were first family to settle Pompton Plains
Matthias Hendricke Smock House^[45]	Piscataway	1720	Residence
Seabrook–Wilson House	Middletown	1720		Family tradition states that the house was built in 1663 by Thomas Whitlock, who came to the colony in 1648.
Van Wickle House^[46]	Franklin Township	1722	House
Daniel Demarest House	Dumont	1724	Residence	Oldest building in Bergen County
Peachfield	Westampton Township	1725
Somers Mansion	Somers Point	1725	Residence	Oldest intact house in Atlantic County^[47]
Van Veghten House	Finderne	1725 c. 1725	Museum	Headquarters of Quartermaster General Nathanael Greene during the second (winter of 1778–79) Middlebrook encampment in the American Revolutionary War^[48]
Solitude House	High Bridge	1725 c. 1725	Unused	Home of Robert Taylor, superintendent of the Union Iron Works, founded 1742. Temporary prison for John Penn and Benjamin Chew during the American Revolutionary War.^[49]
Davenport–Demarest House	Montville	1730 c. 1730	Residence
Morven	Princeton	1730	Residence	Served as the state's first Governor's mansion from 1945–1981.
Joseph Ware House	Hancock's Bridge	1730 c. 1730	Residence
Holcombe House	Lambertville	1733 c. 1733	Residence	Served as the headquarters of George Washington and the Continental Army, July 1777 and June 1778.^[50]
Hancock House	Lower Alloways Creek Township	1734	Residence	Major John Graves Simcoe led approximately 300 British soldiers and Queen's Rangers through a marsh and across Alloway Creek to surround Hancock House. They surprised 20 to 30 members of the local militia stationed there, along with Judge Hancock, killing most of them.
Old Salem County Courthouse	Salem	1735	Courthouse	Oldest active courthouse in New Jersey and second oldest courthouse in continuous use in the United States.^[51] Enlarged in 1817 and 1908, served as the courthouse for Salem County until 1969 and today for Salem City Municipal Court.^[52]^[53]
Wortendyke Barn	Park Ridge	1735	Barn	One of oldest New World Dutch barns
Woodruff House	Hillside	1735	Residence/Hillside Historical Society
Droeschers Mill	Cranford	1737	Commercial	Oldest continuously operated commercial building in New Jersey
Upper Freehold Baptist Meeting	Upper Freehold Township	1737	Church	Ye Olde Yellow Meeting House, oldest Baptist Meetinghouse^[54]
Buccleuch Mansion	New Brunswick	1739	Residence	Visited by several prominent men, such as George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, General Kosciusko, General Gates, and John Hancock.
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