List of the oldest buildings in Florida


This article attempts to list the oldest extant buildings surviving in the state of Florida in the United States of America, including the oldest houses in Florida and any other surviving structures. Some dates are approximate and based upon dendochronology, architectural studies, and historical records. Many sites on this list date to the complex colonial period of Florida's history from the founding of spanish St. Augustine in 1565 to American possession through the Adams-Onis Treaty in 1821.
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BuildingImageLocationFirst BuiltUseNotes
St. Bernard de Clairvaux ChurchNorth Miami Beach, Florida12th centuryMonasteryBuilt in Sacramenia in Segovia, Spain in the 12th century but dismantled in the 20th century and shipped to New York City in the United States. It was eventually reassembled in North Miami Beach.
Castillo de San MarcosSt. Augustine1695GovernmentOldest masonry fortification in the United States
Oldest Wooden SchoolhouseSt. Augustine1702-1716School
Gonzalez-Alvarez HouseSt. Augustinec.1723HouseOldest house in St. Augustine, the oldest continuously occupied European-established city in the continental United States.
Fort MatanzasSt. Augustine area1742GovernmentSpanish fort
Avero HouseSt. Augustinemid-18th centuryHouse
Pena-Peck HouseSt. Augustine1750House
Segui-Smith HouseSt. Augustine1754House
O'Reilly HouseSt. Augustine1760-1785House
Rodriguez-Avero-Sanchez HouseSt. Augustine1762House
Llambias HouseSt. AugustineBefore 1763House
González-Jones HouseSt. AugustineBefore 1763House
Lindsley HouseSt. AugustineBefore 1763House
Perez-Sanchez HouseSt. AugustineBefore 1763House
Tovar HouseSt. AugustineBefore 1763House
Gaspar-Papy HouseSt. AugustineBefore 1764House
DeMesa-Sanchez HouseSt. AugustineBefore 1764House
Paredes-Segui-MacMillan HouseSt. Augustine1765-1788House
Don Raimundo Arrivas HouseSt. AugustineApproximately 1770-1790HouseLocated at 44 St. George Street. First completed restoration project of the Historic St. Augustine Preservation Board
Don Manuel Solana HouseSt. Augustine1788-1821House
Sanchez HouseSt. Augustine1791House
Cathedral of St. AugustineSt. Augustine1797Church
St. Francis InnSt. Augustine1791-1798House
Ximenez-Fatio HouseSt. Augustine1798Inn
Kingsley PlantationJacksonville1798House
Francisco Marin HouseSt. Augustine1799HouseLocated at 47 Marine Street
Julee Panton HousePensacola1805House
Charles Lavalle HousePensacola1805House
Tivoli High HousePensacola1805Tavern
Antonio Triay HouseSt. Augustine1806House
Joaneda HouseSt. Augustine1807HouseLocated at 57 Treasury Street
Paredes-Dodge HouseSt. Augustine1808House
Quina HousePensacola1810House
Prince Murat HouseSt. Augustine1815-1821House
Oldest HouseKey West1829HouseOldest house in Key West
Fort Dallas BarracksMiami1844Barracks
Cape Florida LightMiami1847LighthouseOriginally constructed 1826, oldest structure in Miami-Dade County
William Wagner HouseMiami1855House
Jupiter Inlet LightJupiter1860Lighthouse
House of Refuge at Gilbert's BarStuart1876HouseOldest house in Martin County, 1 of 10 houses of refuge set up along the Florida coast
Government HouseSt. Augustine1937GovernmentLoosely based on 18th century government house