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Adams Mansion, 135 Adams Street, Quincy, Norfolk County, MA

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Adams Mansion, 135 Adams Street, Quincy, Norfolk County, MA

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Summary

2 Unnumbered cover drawing sheets.
Significance: It shows the difference in size demanded by people of moderate wealth in 1731 and 1800. It shows an attempt in 1797 to fit the additions with the original 1731 building so that is would present a harmonious whole.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-173
Survey number: HABS MA-615
Building/structure dates: 1731 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1788 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1869 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1797-1800 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1836 Subsequent Work
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000051

John Quincy Adams, son of John and Abigail Adams, served as the sixth President of the United States from 1825 to 1829. A member of multiple political parties over the years, he also served as a diplomat, a Senator, and a member of the House of Representatives. "All men profess honesty as long as they can. To believe all men honest would be folly. To believe none so is something worse."

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Date

1930 - 1970
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Contributors

Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Adams, John Quincy
Adams, Abigail
Adams, Brooks
Adams, John
Adams, Charles Francis
Vassall, Leonard
Winterowd, George C, project manager
Gilchrist, Agnes A, historian
Smith, Robert, delineator
Kirk, Donald, delineator
Sawyers, Harold K, delineator
Simpson, William, delineator
Winterowd, George, delineator
Robinson, Cervin, photographer
Peterson, Charles E, photographer
place

Location

Quincy (Mass.)42.25641, -71.01117
Google Map of 42.256412, -71.011167
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Source

Library of Congress
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Copyright info

No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html

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