Decade built · 1770s

Built in the 1770s

The Boston Massacre in 1770 and the Boston Tea Party in 1773 hardened both sides. Fighting began at Lexington and Concord in April 1775 and the Declaration of Independence followed in July 1776. The war moved south after 1778 and building of any kind slowed while it lasted.

100 places on the National Register have a construction year in the 1770s on record. They stand in 19 states and territories. Of those, 18 are National Historic Landmarks.

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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 November 02, 2026.

100

Listings

States

National Historic Landmarks

Historic districts

By state

Massachusetts 24New York 9Virginia 9Connecticut 8Maryland 7New Jersey 7Pennsylvania 7Maine 6California 5North Carolina 4South Carolina 3District of Columbia 2Puerto Rico 2Rhode Island 2Florida 1New Hampshire 1New Mexico 1Ohio 1Vermont 1

Longest-lived styles of the decade

Style	In the 1770s	Dated examples, all decades	Years in use
Greek Revival	2	1334	1660 to 2010
Georgian	19	264	1645 to 1986
Federal	12	751	1674 to 1996
Colonial	8	136	1641 to 1956
Colonial Revival	3	911	1690 to 1998

Style labels come from Wikidata. A style is ranked by the span between the earliest and latest dated listing that carries it, across the whole register, and only styles with two or more listings in this decade are shown. Data refreshed November 02, 2026.