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In addition to Peacefield, home to four generations of the Adams family, the park's main historic features include the John Adams Birthplace (October 30, 1735), the nearby John Quincy Adams Birthplace (July 11, 1767), and the Stone Library (built in 1870 to house the books of John Quincy Adams and believed to be the first presidential library ...
The Park comprises 11 historic structures and a cultural landscape totaling almost 14 acres. The story encompasses five generations of the Adams family (from 1720 to 1927) including two Presidents and First Ladies, three U.S.Ministers, historians, writers and family members who supported and contributed to the success of these public figures.
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 John Adams Birthplace is a historic house at 133 Franklin Street in Quincy, Massachusetts. It is the saltbox home in which Founding Father and second president of the United States, John Adams, was born in 1735. The house was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1960, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
John Adams' birthplace at 133 Franklin St. was built in 1681 and bought by Adams' father, Deacon John Adams, in 1720. The future second president was born in the small rural cottage on Oct. 30, 1735.
Upon his death in 1927, the house became a museum run by the Adams Memorial Society, until it was incorporated into the National Park Service in 1946. The park later acquired nearby sites including the John Adams Birthplace and John Quincy Adams Birthplace, which together with the visitor center constitute Adams National Historical Park.
The road was started in 1904, completed in 1916 and added to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 2004. Furnace Brook Parkway approximately bisects central Quincy on a southwest–northeast line, following closely the courses of Furnace Brook and Blacks Creek, the estuary into which the brook flows, crossing them several times.
In 1788, she and John Adams bought Peacefield – now part of the Adams National Historical Park. President Harry Truman once quipped that Abigail Adams would have been a better president than her ...