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Originally burned down in 1811 but was rebuilt in its current form in the year 1848

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This is the oldest surviving residence in Charlotte, NC. Originally built in 1774

It was largely built upon slave labor and was used as a plantation for decades.

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The town of Apex was officially incorporated by the North Carolina government in 1873. The oldest building in Apex is the Utley-Council House, which was constructed in roughly 1820. The building is part of the National Register of Historic Places for its preservation of contemporary federal architecture. (It is also located within 1.5 miles of my home!)

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Frankfurt am Main, Saint Justin's Church/ Eschenheimer Turm

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Frankfurt am Main, Saint Justin's Church/ Eschenheimer Turm

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Saint Justin's Church (Höchst): Dates back to circa 830 AD. It is continuously used for about 1,200 years.

Eschenheimer Turm: Built 1426–1428; a medieval watchtower and former city gate that survived WWII largely intact.

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Hanover was first mentioned in historical records in the year 1150 A.D. The oldest completely preserved buildings are a row of half-timbered houses dating from 1566. The oldest church still standing is St. Nicholas Church (built in the 11th century), although its interior had to be rebuilt due to war damage.

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The Bid-Well residence was built in 1882, before the area was officially made a city in 1912. This is one of the only standing buildings left from that time period due to hurricanes and the lack of a firefighting service before 1911.

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I was born in Wilmington, and after moving around most of my life, I ended up back in my hometown for high school. Wilmington was first established in the 1730s by European settlers, making it roughly 290 years old. The oldest building in Wilmington is the Mitchell-Anderson House, located at 102 Orange Street. Built in 1938, it actually predates the official town incorporation in the year 1739.

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Photo: Mitchell-Anderson House (north/front elevation)

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Photograph as originally submitted to this page in the Historical Marker Database www.HMdb.org. Click on photo to resize in browser. Scroll down to see metadata.

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Finished in 1792, Fort Defiance was the plantation home of General William Lenoir, a Revolutionary War hero.

The house is now a historic museum and the home to over 300 original artifacts.

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Berlin is almost 790 years old and was first mentioned in 1237. One of its oldest buildings is St. Nicholas Church, built around 1230. Today it is a museum.

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Stuttgart was founded around the year 950, so it is about 1,075 years old. One of the oldest buildings in Stuttgart is the Old Castle (Altes Schloss). Its history goes back to around the year 950. At first, it was a small castle that protected the horse farm. Later, it became the home of the rulers of Württemberg.

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Münster is over 1,200 years old. Its history dates back to 793 AD, when Liudger, the first Bishop of Münster, founded a monastery at the Aa River.

St. Mauritz Church is considered one of the oldest surviving buildings in Münster. The monastery was founded around 1069/70, and parts of the original building are still preserved.

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Bernburg - Eulenspiegel Tower / part of the Bernburg Castle 

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Bernburg - Eulenspiegel Tower / part of the Bernburg Castle 

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Bernburg is a historic city in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, with more than 1,000 years of history. It was first mentioned in 961.

The Eulenspiegel Tower, part of Bernburg Castle, is one of the city’s oldest surviving structures and dates back to the 12th century. The tower is around 42 metres high and was originally built as a medieval defensive tower.

Today, it is one of Bernburg’s most important landmarks and reflects the city’s long medieval history.

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Der Herzogskasten in Ingolstadt, auch Altes Schloss genannt, ist ein gotischer Profanbau aus dem 13. Jahrhundert und beherbergt heute die Stadtbücherei.

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The Tom Hunt Store was a general store and post office originally built in 1880. It currently sits preserved by the Poquoson Museum, located across from the middle school. While it is the oldest building with a concrete date, Poquoson itself was founded in 1631, marking it as one of the oldest continually inhabitated settlements in Virginia. It's name is even older, originating from an Algonquian word for swamp. The cemetary also holds graves marked to the late 1700s.

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Ettlingen was first mentioned in 788 A.D., though Roman settlement roots go back to around 200 A.D. The oldest building is St. Martinskirche. Located in the heart of the town, it sits directly on top of ancient Roman bathhouses. The church was Build in 1120 A.D.

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St. Marien Church of the Benedictine Abbey

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The town of Gengenbach in Baden-Württemberg was first founded in the first century AD as a Roman settlement along the Roman road between Rottweil and Strasbourg. The oldest buildings still standing are parts of the Benedictine Abbey, which was founded in 725 AD.

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Warendorf is a historic town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Its history goes back more than 1200 years.

St. Laurentius Church is one of the oldest churches in Warendorf. The first church on this site was probably built around 800 AD. The church was badly damaged by a big fire in 1404 and was rebuilt afterwards.

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This building is one of the oldest remaining homes in Raleigh. It was build in the 18th century (1769). It was the seat of a plantation that unfortunately held 43 slaves. The owner, Joel Lane, sold a lot of land to North Carolina, which eventually became much of Raleigh and Wake County. This building was used for Revolutionary War strategy meetings, and was the location where the city was named "Raleigh".

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Brentwood was officially incorporated as a city in 1969, but the oldest building on the land is the John Frost House, which was built in 1810. The house served as a post office for the settlement of Cottonport.

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Andreaskapelle, also known as St. Andrew's Chapel, is a historic church located in the Knautnaundorf district of Leipzig, Germany. Dating back to the 11th century, it holds the distinction of being the oldest surviving ecclesiastical space in Saxony and is also considered the oldest surviving building in Leipzig.

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Denver, North Carolina, is where I was born and raised and am lucky to still call home. The town itself was officially incorporated in 1877. The oldest building in my town is the Mundy House; this house was built in the mid-1800s by the Mundy family. It has turned into a museum where you can go in and see the handmade fireplace where most meals were cooked and so much more. A fun fact was Denver was originally called Dry Pond.

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The oldest building in Summerfield, NC. It was built by Charles Willson for his bride Nancy Roach Willson in 1858.

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The Bennehan house was constructed in 1799 and has been preserved as a state historic site since 1978. This house was built by the Bennehan family and is a part of the Cameron plantation where over 100 slaves were forced to march from Alabama to NC.

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Denver was founded in 1958 and this house is from 1959. Four mile house was the last stage stop before entering Denver. People where coming from Texas for the gold rush.

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Brooklyn is 380 years old, founded originally by the Dutch in 1646. It became incorporated into the larger New York City area as a borough in 1898. The oldest building is the Wyckoff House located in the Flatbush area. The house is estimated to have been built in 1641; The land which it was built on was purchased from the Lenape natives in 1636 and it is part of a broader construction plan started by the Dutch.

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The Heilig-Kreuz-Kirche (Church of the Holy Cross) in Fröttmaning is one of the oldest churches in Munich. Its history dates back to the 8th century. The current Romanesque building was constructed in the 12th century. It is remarkable that the church has survived for so many centuries. Today, it stands on a small hill near the Allianz Arena and is an important reminder of Munich’s long history.

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Huntersville, NC - Hugh Torance House and Store 

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Huntersville, NC - Hugh Torance House and Store 

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Huntersville itself was founded in the year 1873, originally named Craighead after a local minister. Its oldest building, the Hugh Torance House and Store, dates back to the late 1770s. The former store is now used as a museum.

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Munich’s Frauenkirche was built between 1468 and 1488 in the Late Gothic style. It was designed by architect Jörg von Halsbach and is famous for its two towers, each about 98 meters high, topped with distinctive Renaissance-style domes

I did not know that myself so this is AI but I knew it was an old church and has been there for a while. The Frauenkirche is one of the most famous buildings in Munich and really shapes the skyline. I think that the people from Munich are proud that they live in a city with great history and cool architecture. You can see the Frauenkirche as a symbol everywhere in Munich.

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The church in Langenau, Saxony, is one of the oldest buildings in the village. The original construction date is uncertain. However, the church is believed to have existed since 1162, which would mean that the building is older than the village (Langenau was first documented in 1185). Although the church has medieval origins, it has been altered several times over the centuries due to renovations. Today, it is still used and is surrounded by a graveyard.

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Originally served the residents of Thomasville as the main pickup and drop-off point for those riding trains starting in 1871. In 1912, a new one was built to keep up with the increase in rail travel. It now serves as the Thomasville Tourism Visitors Center.

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The Stockturm is Nienburg's oldest surviving structure, originating as part of the medieval castle (built in first half of the 16th century) and remaining the sole intact building after the post-Thirty Years' War demolitions.

Serving as a prison where inmates were kept in wooden stocks, this historic landmark was fully restored in 1975.

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Built in 1883, Maple Grove was the home of the founder of Hickory. Adolphus Lafayette. He lived here with his wife and his youngest child. It was turned into a home museum in the 1900s. Now you can schedule a self-guided tour.

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The Leib’sche House was built around 1350. It was badly damaged during World War II and later reconstructed. Today, it is part of the "Museum für Gießen", where exhibitions about the city’s history are presented.

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This is the oldest building in Pittsboro, NC. It was built around 1790 and was used as a house for Lawrence and his family. It was later used as an inn.

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The oldest surviving building in Charlotte is the Alexander Rock House. The Revolutionary War leader Hezekiah Alexander is usually credited with building the house for his wife, Mary, and their ten children; however, the home was almost entirely constructed by Alexander's enslaved laborers. The slaves used local Piedmont granite to construct durable walls and eventually completed the structure in 1774. The walls were intentionally designed to withstand artillery during the Revolutionary War.

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The castle and the first settlement date back to 1100. Following a devastating city fire in 1457, the town church was rebuilt over the following decades. Its church tower, dating from 1483, makes the Catholic Church St. Johannes Baptista the town’s oldest building.

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This house was built in the 1890's and represents the growth of the town of Cornelius as it grew into an area of business and commerce.

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The oldest building in Huntersville is Hugh Torance Hoiuse and Store. The building was built in the 1780s by Irish immigrants from Pennsylvania who fought in the Revolution. They bought the house which came with slaves and then as time went on they relied more and more on slave labor until they owned over 40 slaves.

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The old railway station is considered the oldest building in Waldkraiburg and dates back to the period before the city was officially founded in 1950. It played an important role in the development of Waldkraiburg, which was established after World War II on the former site of a large explosives factory.

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The town of Mars, Pennsylvania was founded in 1873 under the name Overbrook, and later it was changed to Mars in 1882. They are now incorporated as a borough in Butler County (1895). The oldest building there was constructed in 1866 by Joseph Pfeiffe. This building is a hardware store and serves as a foundational piece of the community's history. Prior to the construction of the hardware store there were log cabins created in 1798, however, they did lead to a community.

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The Blandwood Mansion in Greensboro, NC was built in 1795 as a governors estate. It now is a historic landmark, and the estate is often used as a wedding venue.