John Quincy Adams Birthplace

MA - Boston, Massachusetts, USA

133 Franklin St, Quincy, MA 02169, USA

MUSEUM

VISITOR INFORMATION

TICKET REQUIRED

A standard pass is $15 per person, valid May through October; children under 16 are free.

https://www.nps.gov/adam/planyourvisit/fees.htm

FREE PUBLIC PARKING

This site is part of Adams National Historical Park, which is cashless, so bring a card rather than cash.

PUBLIC RESTROOMS

SITE FEATURES

Exhibits & Artifacts

Gift Shop

Guided Tours

Performances & Programs

Surviving Structures

Public interior visiting opportunities concentrate within May-October and available tour slots. Annual busiest month unconfirmed; the seasonal calendar is not an attendance series.

May-June or September-October for an available guided birthplace tour within the May-October season. Check reservations and the current open days; grounds access is separate.

HISTORIC SITES NEARBY

Nearby Historic Sites

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Landmark

WHO WAS HERE

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John Adams

John Quincy Adams

Abigail Adams

Thomas Boylston Adams

Nabby Adams Smith

Charles Adams

About John Quincy Adams Birthplace

The family lived in this home during the time John Adams helped found the United States with his work on the Declaration of Independence and the American Revolutionary War. His own birthplace is only 75 feet (23 m) away, on the same property.

John Quincy Adams’s original 1767 saltbox birthplace survives beside the John Adams Birthplace in Quincy. The National Park Service protects both furnished houses, their architectural fabric, grounds, and visitor facilities as part of Adams National Historical Park, generally presenting them through guided tours.

History happened here at John Quincy Adams Birthplace

The house was built in 1717, with the rear lean-to added later. This house was purchased in 1744 by Deacon John Adams, and was probably enlarged by him, adding the rooms on the other side of the chimney. He gave the house to his son, the future second president, in 1761. The younger John Adams moved into the house in 1764; it was around this time that the lean-to was added, as well as the door trim and the secondary entrance.