Adams Academy

Adams Academy
Front of the Academy building
Adams Academy is located in Massachusetts
Adams Academy
Adams Academy is located in the United States
Adams Academy
Location8 Adams Street, Quincy, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°15′13.27″N 71°0′22.97″W / 42.2536861°N 71.0063806°W / 42.2536861; -71.0063806
Built1869
ArchitectWare & Van Brunt
Architectural styleLate Gothic Revival
NRHP reference No.74000379
Significant dates
Added to NRHPSeptember 6, 1974[1]
Designated NHLApril 19, 1994[2]

The Adams Academy was a school for boys in Quincy, Massachusetts founded by President John Adams, who outlined his wishes for a school to be built on the site of John Hancock's birthplace in an 1822 deed of trust.[3] Opened in 1872, the Academy operated as a college preparatory school for just over three decades, ultimately closing in 1908. Today, the property is still owned by Adams' original trust, the Adams Temple and School Fund, and its landmark Ware and Van Brunt building has been leased to the Quincy Historical Society for several decades.[4]

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  2. ^ "Adams Academy". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Archived from the original on September 1, 2012. Retrieved November 5, 2007.
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