Decade built · 1810s

Built in the 1810s

James Madison served until 1817 and James Monroe followed. The War of 1812 ran to 1815 and British troops burned the Capitol and the President's House in 1814. Work started on the Erie Canal in 1817 and steamboats began working the western rivers.

219 places on the National Register have a construction year in the 1810s on record. They stand in 29 states and territories. 9 are National Historic Landmarks.

1800s · 1820s →

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.

219
Listings
29
States
9
National Historic Landmarks
9
Historic districts

By state

Massachusetts 31New York 24Maine 23Tennessee 16North Carolina 13Virginia 12New Jersey 11Kentucky 10Mississippi 9Pennsylvania 9Georgia 7Louisiana 7Ohio 7Connecticut 6New Hampshire 5Maryland 4Rhode Island 4South Carolina 4Vermont 3Alabama 2District of Columbia 2California 1Florida 1Illinois 1Indiana 1Missouri 1Puerto Rico 1Wisconsin 1West Virginia 1

Longest-lived styles of the decade

StyleIn the 1810sYears in use
Greek Revival131660 to 1987
Georgian61666 to 1986
Gothic Revival51702 to 2017
Renaissance Revival21712 to 2015
Colonial Revival31701 to 1998
Federal881700 to 1996
Italianate21712 to 1948
Colonial21641 to 1819

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 September 19, 2026.

Places with full records

Benjamin Lundy HouseNHL1974
Governor's MansionNHL1969
Hayes PlantationNHL2020
Hotel ArcataNHL1984
Peabody LibraryNHL1971
St. John's ChurchNHL1966
Decatur HouseNHL1966
Telfair AcademyNHL1976

The other 210 listings from this decade are on the state pages above and on their county pages.