John Quincy Adams Birthplace

Infobox_nrhp | name =John Quincy Adams Birthplace
nrhp_type =nhl


caption = Rear view of the birthplace of President John Quincy Adams, Quincy, Massachusetts.
location= 141 Franklin Street, Quincy, Massachusetts
lat_degrees = 42
lat_minutes = 14
lat_seconds = 20.88
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 71
long_minutes = 0
long_seconds = 15.21
long_direction = W
locmapin = Massachusetts
area =
built =1716
architect= Unknown
architecture= Other
designated= December 19, 1960cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=55&ResourceType=Building
title=John Quincy Adams Birthplace |accessdate=2007-11-05|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added = October 15, 1966cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = Local
refnum=66000128

The John Quincy Adams Birthplace, in Quincy, Massachusetts, is the home in which United States President John Quincy Adams was born in 1767. The birthplace of Adams' father, President John Adams, is only a few feet away, on the same property.

On December 19, 1960, the birthplace was designated a National Historic Landmark.citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/66000128.pdf National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: John Quincy Adams Birthplace] |429 KiB |date=April 3, 1978 |author=Polly M. Rettig |publisher=National Park Service and PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/66000128.pdf Accompanying 2 photos, exterior, from 1974.] |307 KiB ] The border of the national historic landmark includes both houses and a park area.

The two houses are now part of the Adams National Historical Park operated by the National Park Service.

The elder Adams' later mansion, called the Old House 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. All are open to the public.

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