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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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.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Old_Windmill,_Brisbane
It was built in the 1820s
I grew up in the Western US, so I’m a big… fan of this underwhelming 1820s business.
The western hemisphere isn’t just the Americas. It includes half of europe…
There are quite a few people in the western hemisphere that don’t even bat an eye when they walk past a 1000 year old building on their way to work every day.
For me the oldest building is just a random house from the 13 century.
The western hemisphere isn’t just the Americas. It includes half of europe…
“Half” is stretching it. More like a slice: UK, Ireland, Iceland, Portugal, Spain and a slice of France.
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.
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.
Domtrapphuset, the cathedral staircase house, built sometime between 1280 and 1330 AD. The cathedral the staircase (currently) leads to was finished in 1435.
If you’re talking white people, technically cooks cottage (built 30 years before the first fleet) but it was brought over and reassembled in the 1930’s lol
Indigenous, probably the eel traps / farming system. That’s 9,000 years old iirc
Or if you’re up in the top end, there’s Nawarla Gabarnmung which dates to about 44kya. Some natural rock pillars in the shelter, others modified and others still constructed or relocated.
