The 20 Oldest Homes in the United States

8. Richard Jackson House in Portsmouth, NH

Built by Richard Jackson, a farmer, woodworker, and mariner, the English-style Jackson House was constructed using lumber sawn from forests in the area. Originally, the home, which sits on a 25-acre plot of land on an inlet off the Piscataqua River, was a simple two-story structure with two rooms on each floor, much like many of the other houses on this list. It, too, had a massive chimney that sat directly in the middle. Multiple generations of the Jackson family often lived in the home at the same time, leading to numerous additions that began as early as 1715. Purchased in 1924 by William Sumner Appleton, the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities’ founder, the Jackson House is open to the public. In 1968, it was designated a National Historic Landmark.

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