This Is the Oldest House For Sale in America

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This Is the Oldest House For Sale in America

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Most of the oldest houses in American are located in the original 13 states. That usually can be narrowed down to the areas around Boston, New York City and Philadelphia. Although many homes in these regions were built before 1800, few were built before 1700.
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The oldest house in America on the market now was built in 1693. It is located 25 miles southwest of Boston. The home at 245 Ridge Street, Millis, Massachusetts, is on the market for $1,365,000. Set on 64 acres, it has four bedrooms and two bathrooms, and it covers 2,667 square feet. It has been a working sheep farm. The house was built on Bogastow Brook in the northern part of Millis near the Sherborn line. Aside from the primary house and a barn, the property has two cottages. According to the current owners, a new owner should “value it for its agricultural potential.”

Base on Realtor.com information, this is by far the most expensive house in the area.
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Millis has a population of 8,310, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Almost 93% of the population is white. The town is extremely affluent, with a median household income of $106,164, which is more than 50% higher than the national average. The poverty rate, at 1.5%, is among the lowest in the country.

Click here to see which city has 523 houses for sale for $1,000 each.
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About the Author Douglas A. McIntyre →

Douglas A. McIntyre is the co-founder, chief executive officer and editor in chief of 24/7 Wall St. and 24/7 Tempo. He has held these jobs since 2006.

McIntyre has written thousands of articles for 24/7 Wall St. He is an expert on corporate finance, the automotive industry, media companies and international finance. He has edited articles on national demographics, sports, personal income and travel.

His work has been quoted or mentioned in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, NBC News, Time, The New Yorker, HuffPost USA Today, Business Insider, Yahoo, AOL, MarketWatch, The Atlantic, Bloomberg, New York Post, Chicago Tribune, Forbes, The Guardian and many other major publications. McIntyre has been a guest on CNBC, the BBC and television and radio stations across the country.

A magna cum laude graduate of Harvard College, McIntyre also was president of The Harvard Advocate. Founded in 1866, the Advocate is the oldest college publication in the United States.

TheStreet.com, Comps.com and Edgar Online are some of the public companies for which McIntyre served on the board of directors. He was a Vicinity Corporation board member when the company was sold to Microsoft in 2002. He served on the audit committees of some of these companies.

McIntyre has been the CEO of FutureSource, a provider of trading terminals and news to commodities and futures traders. He was president of Switchboard, the online phone directory company. He served as chairman and CEO of On2 Technologies, the video compression company that provided video compression software for Adobe’s Flash. Google bought On2 in 2009.

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