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Peacefield was the home and farm of John Adams and his wife, Abigail Smith Adams. Later, it was also the home of John Quincy Adams, his wife Louisa Catherine Adams, their son Charles Francis Adams, and Charles' sons, historians Henry Adams and Brooks Adams.
The Stone Library, completed in 1870, stands next to Peacefield and houses personal papers and over 14,000 books which belonged to John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Charles Francis Adams, Henry Adams, and Brooks Adams. In his will, John Quincy Adams requested that the library be built out of stone so that it would be fireproof.
The John Adams Birthplace is a historic house at 133 Franklin Street in Quincy, Massachusetts. ... Peacefield, the major Adams house in the national park;
The elder Adams' later mansion, called Peacefield, is a few miles away, as are the graves of both presidents and their wives in the 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 ...
Mount Vernon, George Washington's Fairfax County, Virginia plantation home Peacefield, the home of John Adams and John Quincy Adams in Quincy, Massachusetts Monticello, Thomas Jefferson's Albemarle County, Virginia plantation home; appears on the back of the U.S. nickel Montpelier, James Madison's Orange County, Virginia plantation home Lincoln Home, Abraham Lincoln's Springfield, Illinois ...
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Brooks Adams was the last Adams to live at the family home, Peacefield, in Quincy, Massachusetts. After Adams's death, in accordance with his wishes, the house became a museum. It was first run through the family and then, later, by the National Park Service. Peacefield is now part of the Adams National Historical Park.
Kerry Washington portrays Lt. Col. Charity Adams in the Netflix film. The real-life leader was born in Kittrell, N.C., on Dec. 5, 1918, and raised in Columbia, S.C.