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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 ...
The Fairbanks House in Dedham, Massachusetts is a historic house built around 1641, [1] [2] making it the oldest surviving timber-frame house in North America that has been verified by dendrochronology testing. Puritan settler Jonathan Fairbanks constructed the farm house for his wife Grace (née Smith) and their family. It was occupied and ...
The De Vargas Street House is a two-story adobe building; the first floor is original and the second floor was reconstructed based on the original in the 1920s. Most of the house is constructed from adobe brick, which was a Spanish colonial technology, while a few lower wall sections are puddled adobe characteristic of pre-Spanish pueblo buildings.
The Fairbanks House in Dedham, Massachusetts, is the oldest known timber frame house still standing in North America. Built circa 1637 for Jonathan and Grace Fairbanks and their six children, it ...
Oldest continuously inhabited European settlement in continental America. Baracoa: New Spain Cuba: 1511 AD Oldest European settlement in Cuba. Havana: New Spain Cuba: 1519 AD Oldest major city in Cuba, established 1515, granted city status in 1592 by Philip II of Spain as "Key to the New World and Rampart of the West Indies". Veracruz: New ...
The median home age of a house in the Pennsylvanian city is 65 years old, with the median year of houses built in 1957. Almost 80% of the city’s homes were built before 1980, and approximately ...
Sold in 2023 for $262,000, less than 10% of the asking price, the state's oldest home was once open for tours by its former owner, Doris Rink. Sold in 2023 for $262,000, less than 10% of the ...
May be the oldest extant (not rebuilt) Hindu temple in the world [135] [136] An information plaque at the site indicates the dating of the temple at least to 625 CE and Hindu inscriptions dated 635 CE were found in the temple. [137] Pantheon, Rome: Italy: 125 CE Religious Oldest standing building still in regular use. [138] Aula Palatina ...