Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The oldest building in Mississippi, this French colonial structure is one of the oldest buildings on the Gulf Coast of the United States. DuBois-Boatwright House Wilmington: NC 1760 Residential [91] General Rufus Putnam House: Rutland: MA 1760–1765 Residential Rufus Putnam was a Revolutionary War general and later instrumental in the founding ...
Oldest extant colonial-era civil structure in the continental Americas. [19] [20] León Viejo: La Paz Centro Nicaragua: 1524 Town Oldest colonial buildings in Nicaragua Church of San José: San Juan Puerto Rico: 1532–1735 Church: Oldest extant building in Puerto Rico & the United States. [21] [22] La Fortaleza: San Juan Puerto Rico: 1533-1540 ...
The Whitfield House served primarily as the home for Henry Whitfield, Dorothy Shaeffe Whitfield, and their nine children. [5] The house also served as a place of worship before the first church was built in Guilford, as a meetinghouse for colonial town meetings, as a protective fort for the settlers in case of attack, and as a shelter for travelers between the New Haven and Saybrook colonies. [7]
It’s Washington's only pre-Revolutionary War colonial building on its original foundation. ... America's oldest tavern, this building traces its history back to 1673 when the country was a ...
Building styles in the 13 colonies were influenced by techniques and styles from England, as well as traditions brought by settlers from other parts of Europe. In New England, 17th-century colonial houses were built primarily from wood, following styles found in the southeastern counties of England. Saltbox style homes and Cape Cod style homes ...
Newport is famous for its colonial buildings, many of which date back to before the country was even founded in 1776. ... which was the first direct tax placed on the American colonies. In protest ...
The fireplace was probably built of bricks brought to America as ship's ballast. The original cabin measures 16 by 22 feet, which indicates that the builders were relatively well off; an average-sized dwelling of the period was 12 by 12 feet. It is built of oak logs, and two logs were removable to provide ventilation in the summer.
The oldest remaining building of Plymouth, Massachusetts is the Harlow Old Fort House built 1677 and now a museum. The Fairbanks House (ca. 1636) in Dedham, Massachusetts is the oldest remaining wood-frame house in North America. Several notable colonial era buildings remain in Boston.