List of the oldest buildings in Delaware

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	Image	Location	First Built	Use	Notes
Block House		Claymont, Delaware	1654	Defense	Possibly the oldest building in Delaware, however, some date the building to ca. 1723
Ryves Holt House		Lewes, Delaware	1665	Residence	Likely the oldest house in Delaware
Lombardy Hall		Wilmington, Delaware	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		Smyrna, Delaware	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)		Wilmington, Delaware	1698	Religious	Oldest Swedish Church in the United States
New Castle County Court House		New Castle, Delaware	1732	Government	One of the oldest continuously used courthouses in America
Prince George's Chapel		Dagsboro, Delaware	1755	Religious	Episcopal chapel of ease
Barratt's Chapel		Frederica, Delaware	1780	Religious	Oldest Methodist church building in the U.S.

See also

• Oldest buildings in the United States
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Delaware

References