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Built in 1665, Bacon's Castle, originally known as the Arthur Allen Brick House, is British North America's oldest brick structure, North America's only surviving example of Jacobean architecture, and has North America's oldest, preserved 17th-century English formal garden.
One of the oldest timber-frame houses in America. The oldest part of the house was built between 1640 and 1653 by Joseph Loomis, who came to Connecticut Colony from England in 1638. Later additions to the Loomis house were made around the turn of the 18th century. It is now a part of the Loomis Chaffee School. Newman–Fiske–Dodge House: Wenham
Oldest extant building in the contiguous United States. [42] King's Castle: St. George's Parish Bermuda: 1612 Fortification: Ruined King's Castle ("Queen's Castle" during the reigns of Queens Anne and Victoria, and also called "Seaward Fort") on Castle Island (including its Captain's house, the oldest surviving dwelling house in Bermuda ...
Long before the U.S. declared its independence on July 4, 1776, many European explorers had already founded lasting settlements. These are 10 of the oldest inhabited cities in the U.S. that you ...
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Bacon's Castle is a rare example of American Jacobean architecture and the only surviving "high-style" house from the 17th century. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] It is one of only three surviving Jacobean great houses west of the Atlantic—the other two are in Barbados .
awscyh/Flickr. Castles, chateaux, and mansions - these are displays of wealth and power usually reserved for kings and countesses, or at least old-timey movie stars.
Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. FL-17, "Castillo de San Marcos, 1 Castillo Drive, Saint Augustine, St. Johns County, FL", 41 photos, 21 measured drawings, 4 data pages, 2 photo caption pages, supplemental material; HABS No. FL-17-A, "Castillo de San Marcos, Administration Building", 1 color transparency, 1 photo caption page