Decade built · 1780s

Built in the 1780s

The fighting ended at Yorktown in 1781 and the Treaty of Paris recognized independence in 1783. The Constitution was written in Philadelphia in 1787 and ratified the next year. George Washington took office as the first president in 1789.

152 places on the National Register have a construction year in the 1780s on record. They stand in 25 states and territories. Of those, 16 are National Historic Landmarks.

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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 November 02, 2026.

152

Listings

States

National Historic Landmarks

Historic districts

By state

Massachusetts 29New York 14Maine 12New Jersey 12North Carolina 11Maryland 10Vermont 8Connecticut 6Kentucky 6Pennsylvania 6Tennessee 6Virginia 6California 4New Hampshire 4South Carolina 4Rhode Island 3Louisiana 2Ohio 2District of Columbia 1Delaware 1Georgia 1Indiana 1Mississippi 1Texas 1West Virginia 1

Longest-lived styles of the decade

Style	In the 1780s	Dated examples, all decades	Years in use
Greek Revival	11	1334	1660 to 2010
Georgian	13	264	1645 to 1986
Federal	41	751	1674 to 1996
Colonial	9	136	1641 to 1956
Colonial Revival	2	911	1690 to 1998
Cape Cod	2	6	1768 to 1906

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 November 02, 2026.