Adams Academy

Adams Academy
National Register of Historic Places
National Historic Landmark
location	Quincy , Massachusetts , United States
Coordinates	42 ° 15 '13.5 "  N , 71 ° 0' 23"  W Coordinates: 42 ° 15 '13.5 "  N , 71 ° 0' 23"  W.
Built	1872
architect	Henry Van Brunt , William Robert Ware
Architectural style	Gothic revival
NRHP number	74000379
Data
The NRHP added	September 6, 1974
Declared as an  NHL	April 19, 1994

The Adams Academy is a former school building in Quincy in the state of Massachusetts of the United States . It is now used by the Quincy Historical Society as a museum and library building. On September 6, 1974, the Adams Academy was added to the National Register of Historic Places as a monument . Since April 19, 1994, the building has the status of a National Historic Landmark .

history

The Adams Academy, which was opened in 1872 and named after its founder John Adams , was operated as a boys' school until 1907 . At first 23 students - 6 of them from Quincy - attended the school, but by 1876 it had 140 students, which also marked its climax. Her education was designed to prepare students for Harvard College . Early students also included sons of the Adams family.

At the end of the 19th century, however, the number of pupils fell sharply, which is attributed to the fact that the classic training of the Adams Academy had gone out of fashion, had opened other schools in the vicinity and the public, free schools were becoming increasingly popular . Since talented students from Quincy often did not have to pay school fees at the Adams Academy because this was covered by scholarships, the school finally lacked the necessary financial means due to the lack of foreign students, so it had to close in 1907.

The Academy Dr. William Reynolds Dimmock (1872–1878), the son of Edward Everett Dr. William Everett (1878-1893 / 1897-1907) and William Royall Tyler (1893-1897).

After its closure, the building was maintained by the Adams Temple and School Fund and used for a variety of purposes, including the American Legion , the Red Cross, and the Boy Scouts of America . As early as 1934 there were the first ideas to make the building available to the Quincy Historical Society, but they were not realized until 1972. Since then, the organization has been leasing the building from the owner Adams Temple and School Fund and using it as a museum and library.

Other objects on the property

There are other objects on the Adams Academy site, but these were not rated as contributing to historical relevance. So stands on a granite base a large, from Bronze existing bust that the 1737 born at this point John Hancock represents. It was donated to the City of Quincy in 1951 by the John Hancock Mutual Insurance Company and in the process was removed from the old John Hancock Building in Boston . On the back a text explains the work of Hancock, on the front his signature is shown in bronze.

In one corner of the property stands the roughly hewn granite milestone Ten Mile Stone , which around 1730 served as a marker for the Boston-Plymouth Highway, which led from Boston via Quincy and Milton to Plymouth and right past the home of John Hancock. In 1911 the milestone was restored and moved to its current location.

A stone circle now marks the location of the fountain in John Hancock's home. The field stones were taken from the original structure.

Finally, there are two World War I memorials on the Adams Academy property, created by Bruce Wilder Saville in 1924 and FF Ziegler in 1928, respectively.

See also

• List of National Historic Landmarks in Massachusetts
• List of entries on the National Register of Historic Places in Quincy

Remarks

1. ↑ In 1737 Quincy was still part of today's Braintree .

literature

• Arbo, Mindy: National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form. ( PDF ) National Park Service , January 8, 1974, pp. 1–11 , accessed on March 7, 2016 (English, accessible via the "NR" button). 
• Floyd, Margaret Henderson; Fannin, Minxie; Lehner, Monique B .; Pitts, Carolyn; Charleton, James: National Historic Landmark Nomination. ( PDF ) National Park Service , October 14, 1993, pp. 12–32 , accessed on March 7, 2016 (English, accessible via the "NR" button (identical PDF document to Arbo (1974))). 

Web links

Commons : Adams Academy  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Quincy Historical Society website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Entry in the National Register Information System . National Park Service , accessed June 13, 2016
2. ↑ Listing of National Historic Landmarks by State: Massachusetts. National Park Service , accessed August 4, 2019.
3. ↑ ^{a b} cf. Floyd et al., P. 22.
4. ↑ cf. Floyd et al., P. 23.
5. ↑ cf. Floyd et al., P. 24.
6. ↑ ^{a b c d} cf. Floyd et al., P. 16.