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Probably one of the oldest buildings on this continent would be the San Xavier mission located just a little south of Tucson AZ......
It was built in 1797, though it's actually the second mission building. The original was built a century before that. Not sure if they demolished that building to build this one or what, exactly, but they obviously did the job right the second time, because it's still there.
When it was built, Arizona was a Spanish colony, then became part of Mexico, and was finally annexed into the US. And the mission happens to be located on the Tohono O'odham reservation, so I guess you could say it has survived 4 regime changes, and still standing.
Just a cool damned building that even non-Catholics can appreciate.........
It was built in 1797, though it's actually the second mission building. The original was built a century before that. Not sure if they demolished that building to build this one or what, exactly, but they obviously did the job right the second time, because it's still there.
When it was built, Arizona was a Spanish colony, then became part of Mexico, and was finally annexed into the US. And the mission happens to be located on the Tohono O'odham reservation, so I guess you could say it has survived 4 regime changes, and still standing.
Just a cool damned building that even non-Catholics can appreciate.........
There's many buildings on the East Coast that date to the 17th century. I've been to two that I know of. Fort Niagara in Youngstown, NY dates back to about 1678 when the French established it to guard Lake Ontario and surrounding settlements. The Army operated it until the early 1960's, but the U.S. Coast Guard still has a small base there making it one of the oldest continually operating military bases in North America...
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