Built in the 1600s

Spain already held St. Augustine in Florida and mission settlements across the Southwest. The Virginia Company landed at Jamestown in 1607, the first English settlement in North America that lasted. Building was in timber and earth, and almost nothing raised in this decade is still standing.

1 places on the National Register have a construction year in the 1600s on record. They stand in 1 state.

1620s →

Construction years come from Wikidata, matched on National Register reference number. Only plain four-digit years are counted, so a place recorded as circa or as a range is left out. Data refreshed September 19, 2026.