John Quincy Adams Birthplace

Coordinates: 42°14′20.88″N 71°0′15.21″W / 42.2391333°N 71.0042250°W / 42.2391333; -71.0042250
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John Quincy Adams Birthplace
Rear view of the birthplace of President John Quincy Adams, Quincy, Massachusetts.
John Quincy Adams Birthplace is located in Massachusetts
John Quincy Adams Birthplace
John Quincy Adams Birthplace is located in the United States
John Quincy Adams Birthplace
Location141 Franklin Street, Quincy, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°14′20.88″N 71°0′15.21″W / 42.2391333°N 71.0042250°W / 42.2391333; -71.0042250
Built1716
NRHP reference No.66000128
Significant dates
Added to NRHPOctober 15, 1966[1]
Designated NHLDecember 19, 1960[2]

The John Quincy Adams Birthplace is a historic house at 141 Franklin Street in

Declaration of Independence and the American Revolutionary War. His own birthplace
is only 75 feet (23 m) away, on the same property.

Both houses are

National Historic Landmarks, and part of Adams National Historical Park, operated by the National Park Service
.

Construction history

The house is a 2+1⁄2 story wood frame

saltbox style house, sheathed in wooden clapboards. There are two main rooms, one on either side of a central chimney, on each of the two floors, and there are two further rooms in the lean-to section on the first floor. The main facade is three bays wide with the entry in the center. The doorway is framed by pilasters and topped by an entablature and triangular pediment. A similarly treated entrance is located at the southeast corner of the building.[3]

The house was built in 1717, with the rear lean-to added later.

John Adams, and was probably enlarged by him, adding the rooms on the other side of the chimney. He gave the house to his son, the future second president, in 1761.[5] The younger John Adams moved into the house in 1764; it was around this time that the lean-to was added, as well as the door trim and the secondary entrance.[3][5]

Later history

Front Elevation, 2015

John and

Charles Francis Adams, Jr. authorized the Quincy Historical Society to use the house as its headquarters. The house was sold to the City of Quincy in 1940, which continued to rent it to the Historical Society.[3]

On December 19, 1960, the birthplace was designated a National Historic Landmark.[2][3] The border of the national historic landmark includes both houses and a park area.[3] The two houses are now part of the Adams National Historical Park, and are operated by the National Park Service.

The elder Adams' later mansion, called

United First Parish Church. The Abigail Adams Cairn, atop a nearby hill from which Abigail and the 7-year old John Quincy Adams watched the Battle of Bunker Hill
and the burning of Charlestown, is also of interest. All are open to the public.

In popular culture

The home was prominently portrayed during the first few episodes of John Adams, a 2008 American miniseries.

See also

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  2. ^ a b "John Quincy Adams Birthplace". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Archived from the original on May 2, 2008. Retrieved November 5, 2007.
  3. ^ a b c d e Polly M. Rettig (April 3, 1978) National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: John Quincy Adams Birthplace, National Park Service and Accompanying 2 photos, exterior, from 1974.
  4. ^ "Oxford Tree-Ring Laboratory". Archived from the original on December 20, 2016.
  5. ^ a b "John Quincy Adams Birthplace". National Park Service. Retrieved May 26, 2014.
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