List of the oldest churches in the United States
The designation of the oldest church in the United States requires careful use of definitions, and must be divided into two parts, the oldest in the sense of oldest surviving building, and the oldest in the sense of oldest Christian church congregation. There is a distinction between old church buildings that have been in continuous use as churches, and those that have been converted to other purposes; and between buildings that have been in continuous use as churches and those that were shuttered for many decades.
In terms of congregations, they are distinguished between early established congregations that have been in continuous existence, and early congregations that ceased to exist. Some of these churches are located in areas that were part of the thirteen original colonies that made up the United States in 1776. Others were built in states and territories that were later annexed, such as Louisiana, New Mexico, and Puerto Rico. Sites on the list are generally from the First Period of American architecture or earlier.
To be listed here a site must:
- be the oldest church in a state, territory, large city, or oldest of its type ;
- be freestanding ; and/or
- be the oldest congregation of its type.
Oldest church buildings
Cathedral of San Juan Bautista | San Juan, Puerto Rico | PR | 1521–1540 | Roman Catholic | The oldest church built in the United States and in the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico. The original cathedral was constructed from wood in 1521. It was destroyed by a hurricane and the current structure constructed in 1540, being reshaped in later centuries, the last time being in 1917. Building has been within the territory of the U.S. since 1898, when Puerto Rico was annexed from Spain. | |
Porta Coeli Church | San Germán, Puerto Rico | PR | 1609 | Roman Catholic | The second oldest church structure in the United States and in the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico | |
San Miguel Mission | Santa Fe, New Mexico | NM | Approximately start in 1610 or 1626 | Roman Catholic | The oldest church built in the continental US. The original adobe walls and altar were built by the Tlaxcalan Indians from Mexico under the orders of the Spaniards, but much of the structure was rebuilt in 1710. Building has been within the U.S. since 1848, when the US annexed New Mexico territory following the Mexican–American War. | |
Jamestown Church | Jamestown, Virginia | VA | 1647 | Anglican | Only floor tiles and foundations remain from the first brick church. Oldest church in the original 13 colonies. | |
San Estevan Del Rey Mission Church | Acoma, New Mexico | NM | 1649 | Roman Catholic | ||
Church of Saint Blaise of Illescas | Coamo, Puerto Rico | PR | 1661 | Roman Catholic | ||
Old Trinity Church | Church Creek, Maryland | MD | 1675 | Episcopal | Church building in continuous use; as such, oldest in the continental US. | |
St. Mary's, Whitechapel | Lancaster County, Virginia | VA | 1675 | Episcopal | ||
Third Haven Meeting House | Talbot County, Maryland | MD | 1681–84 | Quaker | Oldest Quaker meeting house in the United States. | |
Old Ship Church | Hingham, Massachusetts | MA | 1681 | Puritan, Congregational, now Unitarian Universalist | Only remaining 17th-century Puritan meetinghouse in the US. | |
St. Luke's Church | Smithfield, Virginia | VA | 1682 | Anglican, Episcopal after American Revolution, currently non-denominational and does not have a congregation. | National Historic Landmark | |
Old Indian Meeting House | Mashpee, Massachusetts | MA | 1684 | Congregational/Native American | Oldest Native American church | |
Church of Saint Germanus of Auxerre | San Germán, Puerto Rico | PR | 1688 | Roman Catholic | ||
Old Quaker Meeting House | Flushing, New York | NY | 1694 | Quaker | Oldest religious building in Queens County, New York City. The only surviving example in New York State of a typical 17th-century ecclesiastical frame structure of medieval design. | |
Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow | Sleepy Hollow, New York | NY | 1697 | Dutch Reformed | Oldest church building in New York state | |
Grace Church | Yorktown, Virginia | VA | 1697 | Episcopal | ||
Old Norriton Presbyterian Church | Montgomery County, Pennsylvania | PA | 1698 | Presbyterian | Oldest Surviving church in Pennsylvania and oldest place of worship in Pennsylvania | |
Holy Trinity Church | Wilmington, Delaware | DE | 1698 | Lutheran/Episcopal | Oldest Swedish Church in the United States | |
Great Friends Meeting House | Newport, Rhode Island | RI | 1699 | Quaker | Quaker Meeting House, oldest surviving church in Rhode Island | |
Gloria Dei | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | PA | 1700 | Lutheran/Episcopal | Oldest surviving church in Philadelphia | |
Portsmouth Friends Meetinghouse | Portsmouth, Rhode Island | RI | 1700 | Quaker | ||
Six Principle Baptist Church | North Kingstown, Rhode Island | RI | 1703 | Baptist | Possibly oldest surviving Baptist church building in the U.S. | |
St. Mary's Episcopal Church | Burlington, New Jersey | NJ | 1703 | Episcopal | Oldest church in New Jersey | |
St. Peter's Church | New Kent County, Virginia | VA | 1703 | Episcopal | Oldest Church in the Diocese of Virginia | |
Makemie Memorial Presbyterian Church | Snow Hill, Maryland | MD | 1683 | Presbyterian | Oldest continuously operated Presbyterian church in the United States | |
St. Andrews Episcopal Church | Charleston, South Carolina | SC | 1706 | Episcopal | Oldest church in South Carolina | |
Old Narragansett Church | Wickford, Rhode Island | RI | 1707 | Episcopal | Oldest surviving colonial Episcopal church in Northeastern USA | |
St. Michael's Church | Marblehead, Massachusetts | MA | 1714 | Episcopal | Oldest surviving Episcopal church building in New England on its original foundation | |
Merion Friends Meeting House | Merion Station, Pennsylvania | PA | 1715 1695 | Quaker | Third oldest Friends meeting house in the United States. | |
Old North Church | Boston, Massachusetts | MA | 1723 | Episcopal | Oldest active church building in Boston and a National Historic Landmark, the Old North Church is the location from which the famous signal lanterns are said to have been displayed for Paul Revere's midnight ride during the American Revolution. | |
Trinity Church, Newport | Newport, Rhode Island | RI | 1726 | Episcopal | Oldest Episcopal Parish in Rhode Island | |
St. John's Episcopal Church | Hampton, Virginia | VA | 1728 | Episcopal | Oldest Episcopal Parish in the New World | |
St Francis Xavier Church | Compton, Maryland | MD | 1731 | Roman Catholic | Oldest Catholic Church in original 13 colonies. | |
Christ Church | Nanjemoy, Maryland | MD | 1732 | Episcopal | Oldest Episcopal congregation in Maryland | |
St. Thomas Episcopal Church | Bath, North Carolina | NC | 1734 | Episcopal | Oldest church in North Carolina | |
Cathedral of San Fernando | San Antonio, Texas | TX | 1738 | Catholic | Oldest church in Texas. Oldest RC Cathedral in contiguous United States. The church was named for Ferdinand III of Castile. In 1868, the cathedral was considerably enlarged in the Gothic style. | |
St. Paul's Episcopal Church | Norfolk, Virginia | VA | 1739 | Episcopal | Oldest Surviving Building in The City of Norfolk. | |
Augustus Lutheran Church | Trappe, Pennsylvania | PA | 1743 | Lutheran | Oldest unaltered Lutheran Church in use by the same congregation | |
King's Chapel | Boston, Massachusetts | MA | 1754 | Unitarian Christian | Oldest continually used religious site in Boston, present church building 1754 | |
St. Michael's Church | Charleston, South Carolina | SC | 1752–1761 | Episcopal | Oldest church edifice in Downtown Charleston, SC | |
St. Paul's Chapel | New York, New York | NY | 1766 | Episcopal | Oldest church building in Manhattan | |
St. John's Episcopal Church | Fort Washington, Maryland | MD | 1767 | Epsicopal | Located in the Broad Creek Historic District. The building is the 4th iteration of the church since the original was erected in 1695. | |
Mission San Diego de Alcala | San Diego, California | CA | 1769 | Roman Catholic | First of the 21 California Missions, oldest church in use in California | |
The Falls Church | Falls Church, Virginia | VA | 1769 | Epsicopal | First church in Falls Church, Virginia and established by the colonial Virginia Assembly in May 1732 for the land north of the Occoquan River | |
St. Gabriel Catholic Church | St. Gabriel, Louisiana | LA | 1776 | Roman Catholic | Oldest church in the Mississippi River Valley | |
Barratt's Chapel | Frederica, Delaware | DE | 1780 | Methodist | Second oldest Methodist church building in the U.S. built for that purpose | |
Mission San Juan Capistrano | San Juan Capistrano | CA | 1782 | Roman Catholic | 17o3 Cathedral Basilica St. Augustine, Florida | |
Wyandot Mission Church | Upper Sandusky | OH | 1824 | Methodist | The oldest Methodist mission church in America |
Oldest continuous church congregations
By state
Alabama
- Indian Springs Baptist Church, possibly the oldest surviving church building. Circa 1825.
- Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception, Mobile, congregation established in 1703, took current name in 1781, current building completed in 1850
- , Clay, AL. Founded in 1806.
- Flint River Primitive Baptist Church, founded in 1808
- , Gilbertown, AL, founded in 1816
- , Bessemer, was founded in 1818.
- Round Island Baptist Church was founded in 1817.
- Old Salem Baptist Church, Monroe County was founded in Nov. 1817 and is still an active church.
Alaska
- Church of the Holy Ascension, oldest church building, built in 1826
- St. Michael's Cathedral
- Russian Orthodox Church in Kodiak Alaska, oldest congregation, founded in 1794
- Sitka Lutheran Church, oldest Protestant church congregation, founded in 1839
Arkansas
- Rockport First United Methodist Church, Rockport, oldest continually operating congregation in the state, organized in 1816
- Smyrna Church, Searcy, oldest church building in the state, built in 1856
Arizona
- Mission San Xavier del Bac, oldest church building, built 1780–1797
- St. Paul's Episcopal Church, oldest Protestant church, built in 1882
California
- Mission San Diego de Alcalá, oldest congregation, founded in 1769
- Mission San Juan Capistrano, Oldest church building, built in 1782
- First Baptist Church, San Francisco, founded in 1849, sharing oldest Protestant church congregation with Old First Presbyterian Church
- Old First Presbyterian Church, San Francisco, sharing oldest Protestant church congregation with First Baptist Church, founded in 1849
- Emmanuel Church in Coloma, oldest Protestant church building, built in 1855
- Trinity+St. Peter's Church, San Francisco, oldest Episcopal church congregation west of the Mississippi, founded 1849 as Trinity Church
- St. John's Church in Sacramento, Built in 1867
Colorado
- Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church in Antonito, oldest church building and congregation, built in 1857
- St. James Methodist Church in Central City, oldest Protestant church in Colorado still used as a church, oldest Protestant congregation and oldest Protestant church in the state
Connecticut
- Abington Congregational Church, oldest church building, built in 1751
- First Church of Windsor, oldest church congregation, founded in 1633
- First Church of Christ and the Ancient Burying Ground, Founded 1632 in Charlestown, Massachusetts.
- Lakeville Methodist Church, oldest standing Methodist church in New England.
- First Church of Christ, oldest Church building in Glastonbury, founded 1693
Delaware
- Holy Trinity Church, oldest church building in Delaware, built in 1698
- Old First Presbyterian Church, first Presbyterian church established in Wilmington, constructed 1746
- Barratt's Chapel, oldest surviving church building in the United States built by and for Methodists, known as the "Cradle of Methodism" in America.
- Chester-Bethel Church, established 1780, oldest Methodist congregation which has continuously gathered in the state of DE.
Florida
- Cathedral Basilica of St. Augustine. Parish established September 8, 1565. Present church cornerstone laid in 1793, dedicated in 1797. Elevated to Cathedral when Diocese of St. Augustine was created in 1870. Became Basilica in 1976.
- Trinity Episcopal Church in St. Augustine is Florida's second oldest Episcopal Church. It opened its doors in 1831. Trinity remains on its original site, and with its original steeple that was completed in 1837.
- Memorial United Methodist Church Oldest continuous Methodist church in Florida. Established in 1822 by Elijah Sinclair. First building was on Broome and 6th Street in historic downtown Fernandina Beach. The congregation moved to larger, and their current, building in the 1920s at 601 Centre Street. Sister church to Trinity United Methodist Church.
- Old Christ Church. Oldest church in Florida on its original foundation, incorporated by an act of the Territorial Legislature in 1829, built in 1832. The building was desecrated during the American Civil War, restored, deconsecrated in the past 20 years and is now owned and operated by The Old Christ Church Foundation. The congregation is located in Christ Church, 18 West Wright Street, Pensacola, built in 1905
- Bethel Baptist Church Bethel church congregation first met on this site in 1851 and has met continually since then. Performed baptisms in “Indian Pond” until the 1940s. A Sanctuary was Built in 1928.
- Mount Beasor Primitive Baptist Church established in 1853.
- St. John's Episcopal Church. St. John's is the mother church of the Diocese of Florida. It was founded as a mission parish in 1829, and the church's first building was erected in 1837. The Diocese was organized at St. John's in 1838 and Francis Huger Rutledge, who became rector of St. John's in 1845, was consecrated the first Bishop of Florida in 1851. The original church burned in 1879; a new church was built on the same site and consecrated in 1888, and it is still the parish's principal place of worship.
- Middleburg United Methodist Church, oldest Methodist Meeting House in the State of Florida. Historical Marker states it was founded on or before July 27, 1828 by Isaac Boring, with the first church erected in 1847. It was built mostly by the hands of slaves, who retained a pew in the back of the church. Services are still conducted every Sunday, and, on special occasions. Its sermons and musical sounds, and beauty, resonates from the wood planks, hand cut, and, pews hand crafted with peg and board design, and, the intricate chandeliers providing light from above. This church congregation has celebrated its 192nd. year in 2015, which dates it back to 1823...to the founding congregants. Originally, Methodist Circuit Riders would hold meetings in homes, until the original church was erected. Come and listen to the glory of the church bell toll, as it did for the first time February 29, 1860, for the funeral of the son of George Branning, who had the bell shipped from where it was cast in New York. As a member, it is still a special little church on Black Creek, where you can "Come and Worship, Go and Witness."
- Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Miami, the cathedral of the Episcopal Diocese of Southeast Florida, is the oldest church in the original city limits of Miami.
Georgia
- Christ Church is the Mother Church of Georgia. It was founded in 1733 and assigned its land plot by General James Oglethorpe.
- Jerusalem Lutheran Church, oldest church building in Georgia, built in 1769
- First African Baptist Church, claims continuous ties with Silver Bluff Baptist Church congregation as oldest black Baptist congregation, 1774-1775
- Springfield Baptist Church also has continuous congregational ties to Silver Bluff Baptist Church
- Antioch Christian Church. The oldest Disciples of Christ congregation in Georgia, established in 1806.
Guam
- Dulce Nombre de Maria Cathedral Basilica is a structure located on the site where the first Catholic church in the United States territory of Guam was constructed in 1669. The current building was erected in 1959, after the destruction of the former church in WWII.
Hawaii
- Mokuaikaua Church, oldest church congregation and building, founded in 1820, built in 1837
- Kawaiahao Church, oldest church congregation, founded in 1820, current structure dedicated in 1842
Idaho
- Christ Chapel, oldest Protestant church, built in 1866
- Old Mission, oldest church building in Idaho, built in 1848
Illinois
- Church of the Holy Family, oldest church building, built in 1799
- First Baptist Church of Elizabethtown, oldest Baptist church congregation in Illinois, possibly oldest Protestant church, founded in 1806
- Flat Creek Missionary Baptist Church, Established 1809. Due to its location, the people in the area began referring to the church as Flat Creek Baptist Church, although the members officially named the church, "The Missionary Baptist Church of East Carondelet".
- Shiloh United Methodist Church established 1807. Current building same location 1825.
- Mulkeytown Christian Church, established 1818, is the oldest Independent Christian Church. It is now a part of the fellowship of Christian Churches and Churches of Christ or the "Independent Christian Church" a group which separated from the Disciples of Christ beginning in 1924. The oldest congregation still affiliated with the Christian Church is Barney's Priarie in Mt. Carmel, established 1816.
- Regular/Lighthouse Baptist Church 1834
- LaMarsh Baptist church Mapleton, Il established in 1835 was a church congregation in a barn until the church was built. The church was rebuilt in the 1950s, and added the new church to the old church in 1997. As of October 27, 2019 they celebrated their 181st Anniversary.
Indiana
- Little Cedar Grove Baptist Church, oldest church building, built in 1812
- Stony Point Christian Church, Charlestown, oldest Protestant congregation in Indiana, constituted in 1789
- Old Cathedral Complex, oldest congregation, founded in 1749
Iowa
- St. Raphael's Cathedral, oldest church congregation in Iowa, founded in 1833
- St. Anthony's Catholic Church, oldest church building, built in 1838
Kansas
- White Church Christian Church, oldest continuously used church building, built in 1832
Kentucky
- Cane Ridge Meeting House, Possibly the oldest church building, built in 1791
- First Baptist Church of Somerset in Pulaksi County. Built and established in 1799.
- , in Boone County, organized in 1806 by a group of colonists from Virginia
- Onton United Methodist Church, Webster County, Kentucky, established 1820
Louisiana
- St. Gabriel Catholic Church, oldest church building in the Mississippi River Valley, completed in 1776.
- St. Louis Cathedral, New Orleans, oldest congregation in Louisiana, founded in 1718, current building built in 1793.
- St. Martin of Tours Catholic Church, oldest congregation in the Diocese of Lafayette, established in 1765, current building completed in 1844.
- Christ Church Cathedral, New Orleans, oldest Protestant church congregation in Louisiana, founded in 1818, current building completed in 1886.
Maine
- First Congregational Church and Parsonage, possibly the oldest church building in Maine, built in 1703.
- First Parish Congregational Church of York, Maine. Oldest church congregation, founded before 1672, organized in the Congregational tradition by Shubael Dummer.
Maryland
- Old Trinity Church, Maryland, 1675, Episcopal, building in continuous use; as such, oldest in the US.
- Third Haven Meeting House, oldest Quaker building in the US, built in 1682
- St. Anne's Church, founded in 1692
- Rehoboth Presbyterian Church, the oldest Presbyterian Church in continuous use, built in 1706
- St. Francis Xavier Church and Newtown Manor House Historic District, congregation originated from a Jesuit mission started in 1640, surviving building dates to 1731
- Sacred Heart Church Built 1741
- Salem Reformed Church, in Hagerstown, Maryland, Washington County, Maryland
- St. Paul's Church, in Clear Spring, Maryland, Washington County
- Evangelical Lutheran Church
- St. John's Episcopal Church, 1767, is located in the Broad Creek Historic District.
- ], surviving building dates to 1777
- Old Otterbein, oldest church edifice in continuous use in the city of Baltimore and the mother church of the United Brethren in Christ.
- St. James Episcopal Church at Lafayette Square, oldest African American congregation south of the Mason–Dixon line
Massachusetts
- First Church in Plymouth, oldest congregation founded 1620,
- First Congregational Church of Marshfield, gathered in 1632 ]
- First Congregational Church, First Church in Roxbury, founded/built in 1632 .
- First Parish Congregational Church aka Stone Church by the Lake, founded in 1644, located in Wakefield. Has had 5 different meeting houses but has been continually in use.
- First Baptist Church in Swansea, oldest Baptist congregation in MA, founded in 1663
- First Parish in Cambridge, founded on February 1, 1636 at the First Church
- First Parish Church, gathered in 1696
- St. Michael's Church. Oldest Episcopal Church in New England on its original foundation, built 1714, and still used daily year-round. A National Historic Landmark.
- Old North Church, Official name: Christ Church in the City of Boston. Oldest standing church building in Boston, built 1723 a National Historic Landmark significant for its role in the American Revolution.
- Old Ship Church, built in 1681, is one of the oldest buildings in America. The congregation was gathered in 1635. It was originally a Puritan, Congregationalist congregation, but is now affiliated with the Unitarian Universalists.
- First Parish Church in Duxbury, founded in 1632 by Elder William Brewster as a Christian Separatist Church with early members coming from the First Parish Church in Plymouth.
Michigan
- La Mission Ste. Marie, Sault Sainte Marie, First Catholic congregation in the state, founded by Jacques Marquette in 1668. There have been 5 Catholic churches on this site since 1668. In 2018 St. Mary's parish celebrates its 350th anniversary.
- Ste. Anne de Detroit Catholic Church, oldest congregation founded 2 days after Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac founded Detroit in 1701.
- Mission Church, Mackinac Island, oldest church building, built 1829-30
- Central United Methodist Church, Detroit, First Methodist and First Protestant congregation. Established 1810. Their first church building was built in 1818. In 2010 they celebrated their 200th Anniversary.
- Cathedral Church of St. Paul. Oldest Episcopal congregation in Michigan.
Minnesota
- Saint Peter's Church, oldest church in continuous use in Minnesota, built in 1853
- First Presbyterian Church, oldest Protestant congregation, founded December 8, 1849.
Missouri
- In 1791 St. Charles Borromeo was founded as a log cabin on the banks of the Missouri River and has been rebuilt 3 times. St. Charles Borromeo is also the namesake of St. Charles.
- In 1799, the first Protestant sermon and baptism by immersion west of the Mississippi River was performed in Randol Creek near Dutchtown.
- In 1806, the Bethel Church was formed in Cape Girardeau County, now Jackson. Fee Fee Baptist Church in Bridgeton, oldest Protestant church congregation, founded in 1807
- Around 1816, settlers started meeting together in homes for worship on the Missouri River near the present village of Rocheport 12 years after Lewis and Clark camped there in 1804. In 1837, they were chartered as the Rocheport Christian Church. The present building, built in 1847, has been in continuous use since that time. The church building and congregation have survived Missouri River floods and infestations of termites. The congregation continues with weekly Sunday School and Holy Communion. Sunday worship is held on the first Sunday of each month. A Bluegrass Worship service is held at 5 p.m. on the First Saturday night each month. In 2015, the church was named the Missouri Rural Church of the year.
- McKendree Chapel, a log cabin style chapel built in 1819 known as the oldest Protestant church standing west of the Mississippi River; the church was organized in 1809
- St. Ferdinand's Shrine, oldest church building, built in 1821
- In 1832, the Whitewater Presbyterian Church in Sedgewickville, Missouri, the oldest Presbyterian church west of the Mississippi River to be in continuous service was organized.
- Christ Church Cathedral, St Louis, is the oldest Episcopal Church congregation in Missouri, founded in 1819
Mississippi
- Woodville Baptist Church, oldest church building, built in 1809
- Jersey Settlers, Adams County, oldest Protestant congregation, 1772, Reverend Samuel Swayze
- Salem Baptist Church, Jefferson County, oldest Baptist church congregation, 1791
Montana
- St. Mary's Mission, oldest church congregation, founded in 1841
- First Baptist Church in Stevensville, possibly oldest Protestant church building, built in 1882
- Melville Lutheran Church, oldest Lutheran congregation, founded in 1885, church building still in use
- Dry Creek Bible, Belgrade, oldest continually active Protestant church, established November 1884
Nebraska
- First Presbyterian Church of Bellevue, oldest church building, built in 1856
- Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church of Fontanelle, oldest continuous Lutheran church in the USA west of the Mississippi River, built in 1860
Nevada
- First Presbyterian Church of Carson City, oldest church building, built in 1864
New Hampshire
- First Parish Church in Dover, oldest congregation founded in 1632
- Newington Meeting House is the oldest church building in New Hampshire.
New Jersey
- St. Mary's Episcopal Church, oldest church building, built in 1703
- Old Bergen Church, oldest church congregation, founded in 1660
New Mexico
- First Presbyterian Church in Santa Fe, founded in 1867, oldest Protestant Church congregation in New Mexico
- San Miguel Mission, oldest church building, built in 1610
- San Juan de los Caballeros/San Juan Bautista, Established 1598, second oldest foundation in the United States
New York
- Marble Collegiate Church, oldest congregation founded in 1628
- Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of the Town of Flatbush founded in 1654
- Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow, oldest church building, built in 1685
- Christ Church of Clarkson, Monroe County, New York, founded in 1816, built in 1825
- Old Dutch Church, one of the oldest continuously existing congregations in the country, since 1659
North Carolina
- , established in November of 1729
- St. Thomas Episcopal Church, oldest church building, built in 1734
- Cane Creek Friends Church was established in 1751 near Snow Camp, NC.
- Rockfish Presbyterian Church, 1756
- Philadelphia Evangelical Lutheran Church established 1767.
- Home Moravian Church, established on November 13, 1771.
- Brook's Chapel Church, established in 1869
- Wheat Swamp Christian Church, Kinston, Established 1760.
- St. Patrick Catholic Church, established-parish Aug. 6, 1821, church Aug. 11, 1821.
North Dakota
- First Presbyterian Church of Bismarck, oldest congregation, founded in 1873
- Glencoe Presbyterian Church, oldest church building used by original congregation, built in 1885
- First Congregation, Assumption Catholic Church in Pembina, 1818
Ohio
- ,, organized October 16, 1790, is the oldest Presbyterian congregation west of the Allegheny Mountains.
- Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, North Canton Ohio Founded in 1806. Is one of the oldest congregations in the state of Ohio that is still meeting today. The church was also mentioned in an exhibit at the McKinley Presidential Museum in North Canton, Ohio as one of the oldest churches in the state.
- The Church in Aurora, The original church was Congregational, formed in 1809, shortly after Aurora was founded.
- West Union Presbyterian Church, oldest church building still in use as a church, built in 1810
- First Lutheran Church in Canton, Ohio was built in 1810 and still operates today. It is considered "The Cradle of Lutheranism in Ohio."
- First Church of the Resurrection founded in 1810 and was built in 1862 and still in use today
- St. Paul's Episcopal Church, South Bass Island, oldest wooden church building still in use as a church, built in 1865
- St. Theodosius Russian Orthodox Cathedral, first Orthodox parish in Cleveland
- Hopewell Methodist Church in Rush Run, Ohio, oldest Methodist Church in Ohio, site of the first Methodist sermon preached in the Northwest Territory and the first Methodist ordination in Ohio
- Nast Trinity United Methodist Church, built in 1881, it is the home of the first German Methodist church to be established anywhere in the world.
- Holy Assumption Orthodox Church in Marblehead, Ohio. Oldest Orthodox church building in Ohio, built in 1906.
- , Disciples of Christ was founded in 1828 with the current building built in 1853. It is the 2nd oldest DoC church in Ohio and the 4th oldest DoC congregation in the U.S.
Oklahoma
- Wheelock Church, oldest church building, built in 1846
- Ottawa Indian Baptist Church founded in March 1840, built in Oklahoma in March 1860
Oregon
- St. Paul Roman Catholic Church, oldest church building, built in 1846
- Oregon City United Methodist Church, oldest Protestant church, founded in 1844
Pennsylvania
- Old Norriton Presbyterian Church, founded in 1678 as a Dutch Reformed Church. The existing church building was built in 1698.
- Germantown Mennonite Meeting House, Germantown Mennonite Church in Germantown, PA.
- Merion Friends Meeting House, oldest church building in Pennsylvania, Merion Station.
- Brandywine Baptist Church, 2nd oldest Baptist Church in Pennsylvania, Chadds Ford.
- St. Thomas, Whitemarsh, founded in 1698. One of the 25 oldest churches in the US. Present church is the fourth building on the site.
- St. Martin's Church, Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania
- New Hanover Lutheran Church near Gilbertsville, Pennsylvania, Founded about 1700.
- St. Peter's in the Great Valley, founded as an Anglican church about 1700. Construction of existing building started in 1744. Changed from Anglican to Episcopalian after the Revolutionary War.
- Gloria Dei, second oldest church building, built in 1700
- Old St. Joseph's Church, oldest Roman Catholic congregation in Pennsylvania
- Beulah Presbyterian Church 2500 McCrady Road, Pittsburgh PA 15235, Since 1784
- St. George's United Methodist Church, built in 1769, America's first and oldest continuously used Methodist church in the world.
- African Episcopal Church of St. Thomas, founded 1792, oldest black Episcopal congregation in the United States
- Mother Bethel AME Church, oldest African Methodist Episcopal congregation, founded 1794
- Old Trinity Church, one of the oldest churches in Philadelphia, erected 1711
- Christ Lutheran Church, built in 1743.
Puerto Rico
- Cathedral of San Juan Bautista, oldest church building, built in 1521
- San Jose Church, Iglesia de San Jose, was constructed in the 1530s by Dominican friars for use by their Saint Thomas Aquinas monastery. The church is located in Old San Juan.
- Holy Trinity Anglican Church in Ponce, oldest Protestant church, and first Anglican church in Latin America, founded in 1872
Rhode Island
- First Baptist Church in America, oldest congregation in RI, founded in 1638 .
- , founded in 1643
- Six Principle Baptist Church, one of the oldest Baptist church buildings in the U.S., built in 1703,
- Trinity Church, Newport, oldest Anglican congregation in RI, founded in 1698 .
- Great Friends Meeting House, oldest church building in RI, built in 1699.
- Old Narragansett Church, Wickford, oldest Episcopal church building in New England.
- Portsmouth Friends Meeting House, Portsmouth, building dates from the 1690s.
South Carolina
- St. Philip's Episcopal Church, oldest Episcopal congregation south of Virginia, founded 1681
- First Baptist Church, oldest Baptist congregation in the South, founded in 1682
- Presbyterian Church on Edisto - 1685
- St. Andrews Episcopal Church, oldest church building, built in 1706
- Zion Lutheran Church, oldest church congregation in interior S. C. above the fall line, founded 1745.
- Silver Bluff Baptist Church, oldest black Baptist congregation in the nation, founded 1774-1775
- St. James Church, built in 1719
- Friendship Baptist Church Founded in 1765. Oldest Baptist church in the Upstate.
- Congaree Baptist Church Founded in 1765. Present church building constructed around 1810.
- St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church Founded in 1789 as the first Roman Catholic Church in the Carolinas and Georgia.
- First Baptist Church Church building built in 1820.
South Dakota
- Renner Lutheran Church, oldest operating church building, built in 1878
Tennessee
- Sinking Creek Baptist Church, oldest church building, oldest congregation and building, founded in 1772
- Suggs Creek Cumberland Presbyterian, First Confession of Faith of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church was adopted in 1814, Suggs Creek church founded in 1800
- Double Springs Baptist Church, Founded in 1786 by Jonathan Mulkey
- First Presbyterian Church, oldest congregation in Greene County, founded in 1780 by Rev. Samuel Doak
- St. John's Cathedral Established in 1826. In May 1844, with 25 communicants, St. John’s became the first mission from Eastern Tennessee to be admitted to the Diocese of Tennessee.
Texas
- Cathedral of San Fernando, possibly oldest church building, built 1738-1750
- McMahan Chapel in St. Augustine, the oldest Protestant church congregation in Texas, founded in 1833
- Old Pilgrim Two Seed-in-the-Spirit Church, oldest Baptist Church in Texas, founded in 1834
- San Felipe United Methodist Church, the oldest Protestant church building in Texas, built in 1838
- Ysleta Mission, possibly the oldest continuous congregation, founded in 1680
- Our Lady of Loreto Chapel, at the Presidio La Bahia, Goliad, founded in 1779
- First Presbyterian Church at San Antonio, the first Protestant church in San Antonio, founded in 1846
- First Montgomery Baptist Church in Montgomery, Texas, founded in 1850
- Chinn Chapel United Methodist Church in Copper Canyon, TX, founded in 1877
United States Virgin Islands
- Frederick Lutheran Church, of Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, built in 1666. It is the oldest continuous Lutheran church in the western hemisphere
- Lord God of Sabaoth Lutheran Church, of Christiansted, St. Croix, began worshipping in 1734 and the building built in 1750
Utah
- Bountiful Tabernacle, oldest Mormon Tabernacle, built in 1857
- First Congregational Church, Salt Lake City, first non-LDS church in the state, 1865
- St. Mark's Cathedral, Salt Lake City, oldest non-LDS Church building in continual use, built in 1871
Vermont
- First Congregational Church of Bennington, oldest congregation, founded in 1762
- Rockingham Meeting House, one of the two oldest church buildings, built in 1787
- Thetford Meeting House, Thetford Hill, one of the two oldest church buildings, built in 1787
Virginia
- St. John's Episcopal Church, oldest English-speaking parish in continuous existence in the United States of America, founded in 1610
- St. Luke's Church, oldest surviving church building in Virginia, built 1685-1686; this date, however, is controversial. Local oral history dates the building as 1632. National Historic Landmark..
- St. Peter's Church , The Episcopal parish was established in 1679, the current brick building was begun in 1701. Services were first held in the building by 1703. The "stump" tower was added by 1740 to house a bell and provide a meeting place for the Vestry,
- Bruton Parish Church, established in 1674 by the consolidation of two previous parishes in the Virginia Colony. The church remains an active Episcopal parish. The building was constructed 1711-15 and was designated a National Historic Landmark.
- Slash Church or Slash Christian Church, oldest wooden frame church building in Virginia, built in 1729
- The Falls Church, The Episcopal parish was established in 1732 and the brick meeting house preserved on site dates to 1769
- Augusta Stone Church,, oldest Presbyterian church in Virginia. The wood meeting house was built in 1740, and was replaced with the current stone church in 1749. The stone church was used as both sanctuary and a repose from Indian attacks. It is listed in the Augusta County Historical Register.
- Sinking Spring Presbyterian Church, organized in 1772 and was founded by Rev. Charles Cummings
- First Baptist Church, contends as the oldest organized black Baptist congregation, organized 1774
- Kempsville Baptist Church, Established with the Baptist Association on May 21, 1814
- Old Chapel Oldest Episcopal church still in use west of the Blue Ridge Mountains; current building built 1790
- St. John's Church, oldest wooden church building, built 1741
- Jerusalem Christian Church, King William Virginia, oldest congregation affiliated with the Christian Churches and churches of Christ. It was once affiliated with the Disciples of Christ.
- Old Chapel Church also known locally as the "Snow Creek Chapel", was built in 1769 as a chapel of ease for the Church of England parish in what is today Penhook, Virginia. One of the oldest churches in the southwestern portion of the state.
- Independence United Methodist Church,, Emporia Virginia. Originally was Independence Methodist church until many of the Methodist churches joined with the Evangelical United Brethren Church in 1968.
Washington
- Claquato Church, the oldest church and the oldest standing building in Washington State. Built in 1857. Originally housed a Methodist Episcopal congregation.
- Tumwater Methodist Church, 219 W. B Street in Tumwater, Washington. Built in 1872 and added to the National Register in 1984. Currently houses St. James Anglican Church.
- St. Luke's Episcopal Church, oldest Episcopal congregation, continuously from 1860
Washington, D.C.
- St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Rock Creek Parish, oldest congregation and oldest church building, founded in 1717, current building constructed in 1775, but incorporating parts of the 1717 structure
West Virginia
- Rehoboth Church, built in 1785, oldest church building west of the main range of the Allegheny Mountains.
- Tuscarora Presbyterian Church, oldest congregation and oldest church building, founded in 1740, central building constructed by 1745.
Wisconsin
- Methodist Episcopal Church in Mineral Point, oldest Protestant congregation in Wisconsin, founded in 1834
- St. Gabriel's Church, oldest church building built in Wisconsin, built in 1835
- St. Joan of Arc Chapel, oldest church building in Wisconsin, built in 15th century Chasse, France; moved to Wisconsin 1965
Wyoming
- First United Methodist Church, possibly the oldest church congregation, founded in 1869