Adams Academy

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nrhp_type =nhl


caption =
location= 8 Adams Street, Quincy, Massachusetts
lat_degrees = 42
lat_minutes = 15
lat_seconds = 13.27
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 71
long_minutes = 0
long_seconds = 22.97
long_direction = W
locmapin = Massachusetts
area =
built =1869
architect= Ware & Van Brunt
architecture= Late Gothic Revival, Gothic, Other
designated= April 19, 1994cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1418&ResourceType=Building
title=Adams Academy |accessdate=2007-11-05|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added = September 06, 1974cite 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=74000379

Adams Academy was a school that opened in 1872. John Adams, the second President of the United States, had many years before established the Adams Temple and School Fund. This fund gave 160 acres of land to the people of Quincy in trust. His objective for the money was to build a school in honor of his friends John Hancock and Josiah Quincy, who, like Adams, lived in the town of Quincy, Massachusetts.

Character of the academy

The school was very prestigious and was modeled after its football rivals, Phillips Academy and Phillips Exeter Academy. There was a strong emphasis placed on the classics, and Adams students were prepared to attend Harvard. However, due to lack on enrollment, Adams Academy was closed in 1908. [Harrison, Fred H., "Athletics for All: Physical Education and Athletics at Phillips Academy, Andover, 1778-1978" Andover, Ma.: 1983, 46.]

Adams Academy today

The academy's granite and brick building, designed by Henry Van Brunt and William Robert Ware, was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1994.citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/74000379.pdf National Historic Landmark Nomination: Adams Academy] |536 KB|date=October 14, 1993 |author=Margaret Henderson Floyd, Minxie Fannin/Monique B. Lehner, Carolyn Pitts, and James Charleton |publisher=National Park Service and PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/74000379.pdf Accompanying 6 photos, exterior and interior, from 1991 and 1993.] |816 KB] It is located at 8 Adams Street in Quincy.

References

External links

* [http://www.quincyhistory.org/PAGES/aboutqhs.html Quincy Historical Society - Adams Academy]