Colonial

The John Adams and John Quincy Adams Birthplaces are the oldest presidential birthplaces in the United States.

Built in 1731, the Old House at Peace field became the residence of the Adams family for four generations from 1788 to 1927.

Begin your Adams experience at the park Visitor Center and view the new park movie, Enduring Legacy: Four Generations of the Adams Family.

On June 17, 1775, Abigail Adams and her seven year old son John Quincy walked the short distance from their farm to the top of Penn’s Hill, where they observed the smoke and fire of the Battle of B

The son of Massachusetts’ governor and one of the principal founders of Connecticut, John Winthrop, Jr.

President John Adams lived to be 90, and it is thought that his penchant for exercise was a contributing factor.

Built in 1844, old City Hall is one of the oldest functioning seats of government in the country.

The Adams Academy, built of Quincy granite, is an early and important example of Gothic revival architecture in America.

This country estate overlooking Quincy Bay transports visitors to the Revolutionary War era and tells the story of a woman’s work to preserve her family’s history more than a hundred years later.

The Suffolk Resolves, which were signed here on September 9, 1774 and carried by Paul Revere to the First Continental Congress in Philadelphia, were a major development in colonial animosity leadin