Adams Academy | |
 Front of the Academy building | |
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| Location | 8 Adams Street, Quincy, Massachusetts |
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| Coordinates | 42°15′13.27″N 71°0′22.97″W / 42.2536861°N 71.0063806°W |
| Built | 1869 |
| Architect | Ware & Van Brunt |
| Architectural style | Late Gothic Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 74000379 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | September 6, 1974[1] |
| Designated NHL | April 19, 1994[2] |
Adams Academy was a school that opened in 1872 in Quincy, Massachusetts, United States. 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 (0.65 km2) 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. John Hancock's birth place had been on the land.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
- ^ "Adams Academy". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Archived from the original on September 1, 2012. Retrieved November 5, 2007.