List of the oldest buildings in Virginia

Template:Short description This article attempts to list the oldest extant buildings in the state of Virginia.

Building	Image	Location	First built	Notes
Jamestown Church	File:Jamestown 2007 07 03.jpg	Jamestown, Virginia	finished by 1647	church tower and foundations are all that remain from the earliest period 1639–1647.
Belleville		Ware Neck, Virginia	1658 c.	Located on Belleville Lane. It seems little research has been conducted on this historic plantation. Some traditional sources, as well as the Virginia Department of Historic Resources ascribe a date of 1658.
Broad Bay Manor	File:Broad Bay Manor 2017.jpg	Virginia Beach	1640 c. or 1660 c.	Purportedly the oldest extant European-built house in the southeastern United States. Built by Thomas Allen either c.1640 or c. 1660 on land granted to him by Governor Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr. The small center portion of what is now a much larger structure, it was primarily constructed from Flemish bond brick. Corroborative dating efforts have not been performed. It has always been a private residence. It is located in the Broad Bay Colony part of northeastern Virginia Beach.
Bacon's Castle	File:Bacons Castle 2006.jpg	Surry County, Virginia	1665	associated with Bacon's Rebellion
Warwick	File:Warwick, Upshur Bay vicinity, Quinby, Accomack County, VA HABS VA,1-PAINT.V,1-1.tif	Accomack County, Virginia	1673
St. Mary's, Whitechapel	File:St marys whitechapel.jpg	Lancaster, Virginia	1675
Lowland Cottage	File:Lowland Cottage drive.jpg	Ware Neck, Virginia	1676
Winona	File:Winona HABS VA1.jpg	Bridgetown, Virginia	1681	The only known 17th-century house in the country, other than Bacon's Castle in Surry County, to have diagonally-placed triple-chimney stacks.
St. Luke's Church	File:St. Luke's Church, Isle of Wight County, VA.jpg	Smithfield, Virginia	ca. 1682	a recent dendrochronology study confirms the preponderance of other research pointing to early 1680s construction.
Ravenswood		Accomac, Virginia	1683	Also known as the Custis-Valentine house. Very little information regarding this building exists, however it is reportedly very old. Date of construction is derived from the Virginia Department of Historic Resources.
Foster's Castle	File:Fosters Castle.JPG	Tunstall, Virginia	1685–1690
Building east of main house at Elsing Green		Tunstall, Virginia	1690
Pinewoods (Lightfoot, Virginia)	File:Warburton dependency, Williamsburg, James City County, Virginia.jpg	Lightfoot, Virginia	ca. 1690s
Criss Cross	File:Criss-Cross, State Route 617 vicinity, New Kent vicinity (New Kent County, Virginia).jpg	New Kent, Virginia	1690	Restored in 1953, similar to Foster's Castle nearby.
Nelson-Galt House		Williamsburg, Virginia	1695	Dendrochronology provided a date that preceded tradition. Chances are the structure was moved about ten years after its initial construction to the new city of Williamsburg.
Grace Church	File:Grace Church Yorktown Virginia by Frances Benjamin Johnston.jpg	Yorktown, Virginia	1697
Dogham, Doggams	File:DOGHAM, CHARLES CITY COUNTY, VA.jpg	Charles City County, Virginia	circa 1700 or 1652
The Hermitage	File:Hermitage house va beach 9 2012 (1).JPG	Virginia Beach, Virginia	1700
Belle Air Plantation	File:BELLE AIRE, CHARLES CITY COUNTY, VA.jpg	Charles City County, Virginia	ca. 1700
John Weblin House	File:Weblin house va beach 9 2012.JPG	Virginia Beach	1700
Westerhouse House		Northampton County, Virginia	ca. 1700
Wren Building	File:Rear view of the Wren Building, College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, USA (2008-04-23).jpg	Williamsburg, Virginia	1700	Oldest school building in America, original College of William and Mary structure
St. Peter's Church	File:St. Peter's Church, State Route 642, Tunstall vicinity (New Kent County, Virginia).jpg	New Kent, Virginia	1703	Church of Martha Washington, George and Martha Washington may have been married here
Yeocomico Church	File:YeocomicoChurch.jpg	Tucker Hill, Virginia	1706	National Historic Landmark
The Public Magazine	File:PowderMagazineinWilliamsburg.jpg	Williamsburg, Virginia	1715	Also known as the Powder Magazine or "Powder Horn", this unique, 3 floor octagonal building was built under the tenure of Lt. Governor Alexander Spotswood, for the storage of the colony's arms and munitions, a purpose which it served until 1775.
Bruton Parish Church	File:Bruton Church, Williamsburg.JPG	Williamsburg, Virginia	1715	Church established in 1674, current structure completed in 1715
Peyton Randolph House	File:Peyton Randolph House.jpg	Williamsburg, Virginia	1715	Oldest portions dated to 1715, current structure includes later additions and reconstructions. Colonial National Parkway passes below it.
Ware Parish Church	File:Ware Church, State Route 3, Gloucester vicinity (Gloucester County, Virginia).jpg	Gloucester Courthouse, Virginia	1718	Episcopal Church. Previously thought to have been constructed in 1690, mortar samples give a date of 1718
Brush-Everard House	File:Brush-Everard House.jpg	Williamsburg, Virginia	1718
Adam Thoroughgood House	File:AdamThoroughgoodHouse1969.jpg	Virginia Beach, Virginia	ca. 1719	despite earlier claims, actually dates to c. 1719
Pierre Chastain Home		Manakin, Virginia	1720	Oldest home in Powhatan County. French Huguenot Dr. Pierre Chastain built the home in 1720, with brick additions made in the mid-1720s
Brafferton (building)	brafferton	Williamsburg, Virginia	1723	Opened in 1723 as the Indian school for the College of William & Mary, restored in 1930–31, now serving as the president and provost office
Abingdon Glebe House	File:Abingdon Glebe House, U.S. Route 17 vicinity, Gloucester vicinity Gloucester County, Virginia).jpg	Gloucester, Virginia	Before 1724
Lynnhaven House		Virginia Beach, Virginia	1725
Rural Plains	File:Rural Plains, 7273 Studley Road (State Route 606), Richmond National Battlefield Park (Hanover County, Virginia).jpg	Hanover County, Virginia	ca. 1725	Oldest home in America continuously occupied by one family; site of Patrick Henry's wedding
Berkeley Plantation	File:Berkeley plantation harrison home.jpg	Charles City County, Virginia	1726	Plantation established in 1619.
Matthew Jones House	File:Matthew Jones House facade.jpg	Newport News, Virginia	1727
Willowdale		Painter, Virginia	1728	On the Eastern Shore of Virginia
Indian Banks	File:Indian Banks, State Route 606, Tidewater vicinity (Richmond County, Virginia).jpg	Simonson, Virginia	1728
Margots		Tettington	ca. 1700–1729
Seven Springs Plantation	File:Snowy Seven Springs.jpg	Enfield, Virginia	ca. 1725–1740
Mason House	File:Hinman-Mason House, Guilford, Accomack County, VA HABS VA,1-GUIL.V,1-6.tif	Accomack County, Virginia	ca. 1729-1730	Date verified with dendrochronology
Wales	File:Wales, U.S. Route 460 vicinity, Petersburg vicinity (Dinwiddie County, Virginia).jpg	Dinwiddie, Virginia	ca. 1730	The original circa 1730 hall/parlor dwelling was expanded in 1752. Built for Howell Briggs (militia captain, magistrate, and vestryman)
President's House	File:President's House at William & Mary, 2021.jpg	Williamsburg, Virginia	1733	Part of the Wren Yard architectures, along with Wren and Brafferton Buildings, now the residence of the president of the College of William & Mary
Tuckahoe Plantation	File:Tuckahoe Plantation H-Shape.jpg	Goochland	1733	Tuckahoe's original section was built in 1733. Around 1740 it was expanded to the H shape it has today.
Adam Keeling House	File:Adam Keeling House.jpg	Virginia Beach, Virginia	1735
Toddsbury	File:Toddsbury, Nuttal vicinity, Gloucester County, Virginia. Entrance.jpg	Gloucester County, Virginia	1735	Tradition has suggested the home was built about 1670, however, recent excavations have yielded a mid-1700s construction date.
New Kent Ordinary	New Kent Ordinary is the second brick structure from the right.	New Kent, Virginia	1736
Blandford Church	File:Virginia, Petersburg, Blandford Church - NARA - 533358.jpg	Petersburg, Virginia	1736	Includes original Tiffany windows representing each southern state of the confederacy.
Shirley Plantation	File:Shirley Plantation 2006.jpg	Charles City County, Virginia	1738	Construction started in 1723. Plantation dates to 1614. Oldest family-owned business in North America
St. George's Church (Pungoteague, Virginia)	File:Saint Georges Episcopal Church Pungoteague.jpg	Pungoteague, Virginia	1738	Oldest church on Virginia's eastern shore
Old Stone House (Richmond, Virginia)	File:PoeEntrance.jpg	Richmond, Virginia	1740	Home of Edgar Allan Poe Museum
Lansdowne	File:Lansdowne, Urbanna, Virginia.JPG	Urbanna, Virginia	c. 1740
Bel Air Plantation	File:Bel Air Platation Today.jpg	Prince William County, Virginia	1740	Oldest home in Prince William County, Virginia
Old Mansion	File:Old Mansion, State Route 2 vicinity, Bowling Green (Caroline County, Virginia).jpg	Caroline County, Virginia	ca. 1741	Tree ring analysis of some beams yielded a date of 1741
Merchant's Hope Church	File:Merchant's hope south.jpg	Prince George County, Virginia	ca. 1743	Despite earlier claims of 1657, a recent dendrochronological survey affirmed a date of 1743.
St. John's Episcopal Church	File:St. John's Church in Richmond, VA (2011) IMG 4046.JPG	Richmond, Virginia	1744
Middlesex County Courthouse	File:Old Middlesex County Courthouse.jpg	Urbanna, Virginia	1745
Mayfield	File:Mayfield cottage.JPG	Dinwiddie	1750	Moved from its original location a mile or so away, this is the oldest brick home in Dinwiddie county.
Aquia Church	File:Aquia Church.jpg	Stafford, Virginia	ca. 1750	Mid-18th-century church
Wormeley Cottage	File:Wormeley Cottage.jpg	Urbanna, Virginia	ca. 1750
Pear Valley	File:Pear Valley.jpg	Eastville, Virginia	ca. 1750
Mansfield	File:Mansfield from Mark.jpg	Dinwiddie, Virginia	ca. 1750	Elizabeth Keckley (Mary Todd Lincoln's seamstress) was enslaved here for four years.
Hewick Plantation	File:Hewick House, State Routes 615 & 602 vicinity, Urbanna vicinity (Middlesex County, Virginia).jpg	Urbanna, Virginia	Mid-18th Century
Wilton	File:Wilton 002.gif	Richmond, Virginia	1753
Fort Bowman	File:Fort Bowman, Frontage Road, Strasburg, (Shenandoah County, Virginia).jpg	Fredrick County, Virginia	1753	Home of George Bowman, american pioneer
Mount Vernon	File:Mount Vernon Estate Mansion 2.JPG	Fairfax County, Virginia	1758	Home of George Washington
Sandwich	File:Sandwich cottage, Urbanna.jpg	Urbanna, Virginia	1758
Hunting Quarter	File:HUNTING QUARTER, WAVERLY, SUSSEX COUNTY VA.jpg	Sussex, Virginia	1745–1772	Home of Captain Henry Harrison, son of Benjamin Harrison IV of Berkeley.
James Mills Storehouse	File:James Mills Storehouse HABS VA1.jpg	Urbanna, Virginia	1763–1767
Lower Brandon Plantation	File:DSC 3129adjpost historic Martin's Brandon Plantation 02.jpg	Prince George, Virginia	1765	Possibly the longest running agricultural operation in the United States, having been farmed since the early 1600s.
Sessions-Pope-Sheild House	File:Sessions-Pope-Sheild House.jpg	Yorktown, Virginia	ca. 1766	Recent Research suggests a date of around 1766, previously thought to have been built around 1691.
Eppington	File:Eppington Plantation.jpg	Chesterfield, Virginia	ca. 1768	Built by Thomas Jefferson's wife's brother in law and first cousin, Frances Eppes. Jefferson's daughters came to Eppington to live while he was Minister to France. Lucy Elizabeth died at and is buried here.
Battersea	File:Battersea, 793 Appomattox Street (Petersburg city, Virginia).jpg	Petersburg, Virginia	1768	Built for Colonel Jonn Banister, signer of the Articles of Confederation
The Falls Church	File:Falls Church (Episcopal), 115 East Fairfax Street, Falls Church, Falls Church, VA HABS VA,30-FALCH,1-2.tif	Falls Church, Virginia	1769	The oldest house of worship in Virginia north of Quantico, completed by undertaker James Wren and received as finished by the vestry on December 20, 1769. Wren's plan was also used (with modifications) for Christ Church in Alexandria and Pohick Church in Lorton.
Morven Park	File:Morven Park, Leesburg VA-1.jpg	Leesburg, Virginia	ca. 1780	The home of Virginia Governor Westmoreland Davis. The earliest parts of the structure date from circa 1780 and was substantially expanded in the decades that followed. It is a Virginia Historic Landmark and listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Marmion	File:Marmion, State Route 649 vicinity, Comorn vicinity (King George County, Virginia).jpg	Comorn, Virginia	ca. 1790	Reputedly contains the remains of a much older cottage built by colonel William Fitzhugh in about 1670.

See also

• List of the oldest buildings in the United States
• List of National Historic Landmarks in Virginia
• List of Registered Historic Places in Virginia
• List of historic houses in Virginia