How old is the oldest building in the town you live in?

To those from the Western hemisphere, it's always fascinating to hear that some homes and businesses from the times of the Greek philosophers still have inhabitants, and then you remember that the Western hemisphere is itself not without its own examples, for example some Mexican villages still have temples from the times of the Mayans.

RBWells ,

1842, before the city was incorporated. A house.
First big building I know of was built in 1888.

St. Augustine has buildings from around 1700, those would be the oldest in my state.

I remember going to London and being amazed by the old buildings, most of what is around here is from the 1920s or newer.

Aussiemandeus ,
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1870 to 1871 Government house was built in Darwin Australia.

Luckily survived the Japanese bombing raids and still stands today.

mub ,

I live around the Yorkshire moors. There are dry stone walls up there which are up to 600 years old. I love walking up in the hills and thinking about that.

10_0 ,

Based stone wall keeping the sheep in 😂

groet ,

The western hemisphere isn't just the Americas. It includes half of europe...

There are quite a few people in the western hemisphere that don't even bat an eye when they walk past a 1000 year old building on their way to work every day.

For me the oldest building is just a random house from the 13 century.

Dippy ,
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I live in New England and I'm gonna guess either the 1700s school house or one of a couple buildings I suspect are log cabins. Those could go back to around 1650

Tobberone ,

I know what you mean. The oldest building i pass every day is from dates from 1250, but compared to the parts of Europe rich in architecture that's not really very old...

Sir_Fridge ,

A local church is about that old (or it's at least that old, the oldest record of it is from 1262). But there might just be a barn or a windmill that's much older and nobody knows because at that point it's actually medieval and record keeping wasn't great back then.

zksmk ,

The western hemisphere isn’t just the Americas. It includes half of europe…

"Half" is stretching it. More like a slice: UK, Ireland, Iceland, Portugal, Spain and a slice of France.

meekah ,
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We have a church in Berlin that was built in 1220-1230

SlamWich ,

I figured it'd at least be a little older than 1859, but the Four Mile House in Denver is apparently our oldest structure.

BruceLee ,
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Normal people houses don't survive much longer that 500-600 years bc on fire and bombing, but town hall, temple, fort, palace and other administration building can be much much older.

AnUnusualRelic , (edited )
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Houses weren't typically built with durable materials. Only fancy buildings could afford to be.

BruceLee ,
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Still a few hundred years is much more than what most of today buildings can survived.

caesaravgvstvs ,

My dad lives in a house that the oldest rooms date from around 500 years ago lol. It would be very had to tell by just looking at the house, since it's been updated and expanded over the centuries.

We don't even know if it really is that old, but from figuring it out from some renovations and the position in the town, it's a good guess.

ShadowCatEXE ,
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Late 1800’s is when the town was established. Lots of houses from then are still standing, but a good number of them have had additions built, so they’re not 100% original.

SuperTulle ,

Domtrapphuset, the cathedral staircase house, built sometime between 1280 and 1330 AD. The cathedral the staircase (currently) leads to was finished in 1435.

Iceblade02 ,

Hello fellow swede :)

Iceblade02 ,

There are archaeological finds of buildings from more than 9000 years ago (oldest in the region).

There's a church that was finished sometime during the 1200s and is preserved in its original form in the municipality, but technically it's not within town limits.

The main church was also initially built around that time but was rebuilt in the late 1700s - nothing of the original remains.

The cellar of a royal farm still remains, which was built in 1552, though it's more a ruin than a building.

A castle/royal manor was built in 1652, and although it has been renovated and expanded in the early 1700s, parts of the structure are still from the original.

So, I suppose it depends on what you're looking for.

sexual_tomato ,

A building from 1841 is still here from the French.

BonesOfTheMoon ,

It was built in 1858! Did not know that.

ladnopivo ,

Smederevo Fortress - 1428.

AngryCommieKender ,

1887 Grissom House

Vaginal_blood_fart ,

Skara brae. 3150 bc

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