You can actually walk in and place your hand on their tombs. In this case, “Presidential power couples,” John and Abigail Adams, and John Quincy and Louisa Adams. It is the only Presidential crypt where two US Presidents and First Ladies are buried together in a Church. History aside, this church offers a thrill like no other.
The plaques to the right of the pulpit were John Quincy’s memorial to his parents, John and Abigail, interred, with him and his wife, Louisa, downstairs. John Quincy Adams sat not in the first row, but in the fifth, “for better sight-lines,” according to a guide. In fact, he baptized John Adams here in 1735.
Hancock who signed the Declaration of Independence) was the Church pastor for 14 years. The ivory “Mortgage Buttons” still remain on aisle seats. It cost a whopping $30.5 thousand (over $1 million in today’s dollars), with funds raised by selling pews: $100 in the back, $400 for the first few rows. Location of Adams Family Crypt – the final resting place of the 2 nd and 6 th US Presidents and their wives.īuilt in 1828, this Church is the fourth Meeting House on this site, as home to the First Parish community founded in 1639. Things to do in Quincy MA TOUR: United First Parish Church of Quincy aka “First Church of Presidents” ArtBoston MA: Immersed In Art–Good, Bad, and Yours.GirlfriendBoston MA: A Terrific Girlfriend Shopping Getaway.Waterfront Boston MA On The Water Two If By Sea.Macabre Boston MA: Dark, Spooky, and Delicious.American History Boston Style (With Martinis).Read on for our best recommendations.Īdd on one or more of these Boston Getaways for a weeklong vacation: Tours and attractions allow you to dive deep into stories of our country’s first revolutionaries, the town’s Granite Industry, our Naval shipbuilding history, and, of course, you’ll eat and sleep well throughout. Quincy MA was also very much a working class and industrial city: first due to the Granite industry, and then, a century later, when WWII shipyards drove the economy. But they were equally beloved in the community for their devotion to public service. The Quincy’s were a wealthy family and the Adams were not (John Adams, from a middle class “beer brewing” family, raised his status when he married Abigail Smith, a Quincy cousin). The Quincy, Adams, and Hancock families feature in most Early America stories, of course, and all hailed from here. There are seven National Historic Landmark buildings within a mile of each other – each with a story to tell. Quincy is certainly a town steeped in American History. Yes, Quincy MA gave us the most passionate Founding Father Romance of all time: that of John and Abigail Adams. Quincy is also, interestingly, where not-exactly-highfalutin Howard Johnson’s and Dunkin Donuts started out.īut for those who don’t live here, and especially for history buffs in love, Quincy has other amazements: not the least of which is that two US Presidents, John Adams, and his son, John Quincy Adams, are interred side by side with their wives in tombs you can actually touch. It was once the Gateway to Boston and the South Shore until the interstate literally drove people away. On the water, Quincy is within view of Boston Harbor Island National Recreation Area. This should give you some sense of the buzz surrounding this suburban waterfront town. And young couples, priced out of Boston, are moving in, in droves. Housing developments are popping up all over. Over the last five years, 17 new restaurants have opened. The hometown of several Founding Fathers (John Adams, John Quincy Adams, and John Hancock), and resource center for the mid 1800’s granite industry, Quincy MA turned out both framers of our Declaration of Independence, and the stone from which to build cities in a burgeoning America.īut Quincy MA does not reside in the past. It would not be hyperbole to say that Quincy MA, in many ways, “built” the USA. STAY: Staybridge Suites/Holiday Inn Express.EAT: Victory Point Restaurant, Marina Bay.EAT: Shabu – part of Fuji Restaurant Group.STOP IN: Thomas Crane Public Library, Richardson Building.PHOTO OP: Abigail Adams Cairn – atop Penn’s Hill.TOUR: Quincy House, Historic New England.TOUR: The Old House at Peacefield: John Adams Summer White House.STOP: John Adams and John Quincy Adams Birthplace.VISIT: Adams National Historical Park Visitors Center.GO: Quincy City Hall, Hancock-Adams Common.VISIT: Quincy Quarry and Granite Workers Museum.Naval Shipbuilding Museum in Quincy Built USS Salem TOUR: United First Parish Church of Quincy aka “First Church of Presidents”.
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