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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.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

1870 to 1871 Government house was built in Darwin Australia.

Luckily survived the Japanese bombing raids and still stands today.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Based stone wall keeping the sheep in πŸ˜‚

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

A building from 1841 is still here from the French.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

It was built in 1858! Did not know that.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

1887 Grissom House

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

Skara brae. 3150 bc

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

1130, St Margarets Chapel.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

I live in the countryside so there ain't a lot...

Excluding ruins, 11XX. The exact dates aren't really known

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

The Old Tower from around 1300. It was part of a church that was destroyed in 1880.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Early 1800s is the best guess. It's a log house that is maintained as a sort of museum these days.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

I think the oldest building would be the castle that eas first officially mentioned in 1004 AD and the first parts of the castle were built way before that.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

Nice trick to make ppl revel city they live in and possibly most of these ppl walk past it on semi regular basis so......

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

A house from 1867, although a suburb has a house from 1853. Both are still lived in.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Don't know about the oldest home, but I'm living in a house built 10 years before the US State I was born in became a US state.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

Used to live in an old house that was already in official documents since the revolution. So not too bad. Walls were so thick...

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Hello fellow swede :)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

A church from 1845(ish),

Apparently there was one building from the 1830s but it was knocked down for a hospital, which ironically was also knocked down.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I lived "close" to Siem Reap and the oldest building is 900 year olds (Angkor Wat)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

A church built in the mid 1500’s is the oldest building in my current town. I used to live in a farmhouse that was built in the early 1600’s.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

it's a bit hard to tell. of the buildings still standing and in use, the cathedral comes to mind, with was consecrated in 1238, but it stands on the site of the old mosque. this was torn down apparently in 1262, at which point construction on the cathedral began, but it would take centuries to finish everything.

there is another church that was named a parish in 1245 and so was probably already standing then, so perhaps that building is the oldest? I don't knoe how much of that original building is still standing though

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

That will probably be the church that was built in 1190s

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

I'm in a California suburb, and the oldest building we have is an old adobe barn from 1852, which is pretty old for California. We actually have a lot of historical buildings, too.

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1310 it's a small house (max. 10m wide) in the town centre. Today it's part of the library of the University hosting different exhibitions. It's called GΓΌnter Grass Archiv in GΓΆttingen, Germany.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Build in 1723.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago

First or second century for the Roman baths. They're not in a great state though.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago

Had to look it up, but "most probably" built between AD 1000–1050. Love that it's old enough that we're not entirely sure...

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The tower of the old church was build around 1150, The rest of the church was build about 250 years ago.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

We have 1168. Big splurge on ecclesiastical building in the 1100s.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Houses weren't typically built with durable materials. Only fancy buildings could afford to be.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

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

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