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(#5) Henry Whitfield House
Built more than a century before the American Revolution, the Whitfield House is both the oldest house in Connecticut and the oldest stone house in New England.
According to the museum's website, that stone was carved from local granite, and on behalf of Reverend Henry Whitfield - one of the English Puritans who founded Guilford in 1639.
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(#12) Thomas Lee House
The Thomas Lee House, "one of the oldest wood frame houses in Connecticut," was first constructed in 1660. Renovations were made to the house up until about 1765, when major additions ceased. The house was a residence for about two centuries, then was sold to a neighboring farmer who, according to the East Lyme Historical Society, used it as a chicken coop and to store hay.
The historical society purchased the house in 1914, spruced it up, and opened it to the public the following year.
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(#15) Richard Jackson House
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The oldest wood frame house in New Hampshire, the Jackson House was built in 1664 by Richard Jackson, a sailor and woodworker. Seven generations of Jacksons would inhabit the house before it came into the possession of William Sumner Appleton, the founder of Historic New England, in 1924. Appleton removed the most recent additions made to the house in his era, though kept earlier modifications from the 18th and 19th centuries.
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(#4) C. A. Nothnagle Log House, Gibbstown, NJ (c. 1638-1643)
Located on the Swedesboro-Paulsboro Road in Gibbstown, NJ, the C.A. Nothnagle Log House is "one of the oldest surviving cabins in the United States." Allegedly, all of the cabin's original logs are still intact, save one that was damaged by ivy and had to be replaced.
The cabin's owners, Harry and Doris Rink, keep the cabin open to the public - and occasionally serve visitors sandwiches."All of your history books in school begin with the Revolutionary War," Doris told NJ.com. "This [house] is the 17th century. It's before the history books."
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(#3) Fairbanks House
Built around 1637, the Fairbanks House of Dedham, MA, holds claim to the title of "oldest known wooden structure still standing in North America." It housed eight generations of the Fairbanks family (beginning with Jonathan and Grace Fairbanks) and is a museum today.
Lowell Cummings, a former professor of American Decorative Arts at Yale University, has called the home "one of the most important historic houses now standing in the northeastern part of the United States" due to its "unbelievabl[y] unspoiled condition."
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(#18) Ryves Holt House, Lewes, DE (1665)
Built by Dutch settlers in 1665, the house is named after the first Chief Justice of Delaware, Ryves Holt, who purchased it in 1723. It is believed to be the oldest building in the state.
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