Adams Shore
Adams Shore is a neighborhood of Quincy, Massachusetts. It is located on the shore of Quincy Bay at the entrance to the Hough's Neck peninsula. It is bordered on the north by Quincy Bay, on the east by the Hough's Neck neighborhood, on the south by Town River Bay and on the west by the Merrymount neighborhood.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Thomas Crane Public Library and Coddington School.
Thomas Crane Public Library
Library
Photo: Daderot, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Thomas Crane Public Library is a city library in Quincy, Massachusetts. Noted for its Richardsonian Romanesque architecture, the building was funded by the Crane family as a memorial to Thomas Crane, a wealthy stone contractor who got his start in the Quincy quarries.
Coddington School
Government office
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The Coddington School is a historic school building at 26-44 Coddington Street in Quincy, Massachusetts. Built in 1909, this three-story brick building is the finest Colonial Revival school building in the city.
Fore River Club House
Public building
Photo: Jameslwoodward, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Fore River Club House is a historic club house at Follett and Beechwood Streets in Quincy, Massachusetts. It is a long 1+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure, with rectilinear eyebrow dormers on the water-facing roof.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Germantown and Quincy.
Germantown
Hamlet
Germantown is a primarily residential neighborhood in the city of Quincy, Massachusetts. The neighborhood is located on a peninsula surrounded by Town River bay on the west and Rock Island Cove on the east.
Quincy
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Quincy is in Massachusetts. Quincy was the birthplace of presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams. United States Declaration of Independence signer and first Massachusetts governor John Hancock was also born here.
North Quincy
Suburb
North Quincy is a neighborhood of Quincy, Massachusetts. It is separated from the city of Boston by the Neponset River, and borders the Quincy neighborhoods of Squantum, Montclair and Wollaston. North Quincy is situated 2½ miles northwest of Adams Shore.
Adams Shore
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: human settlement in Massachusetts, United States of America
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: City of Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.26399° or 42° 15′ 50″ northLongitude
-70.98422° or 70° 59′ 3″ westElevation
3 feet (1 metre)Open location code
87JF7278+H8OpenStreetMap ID
node 158817210OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
“Adams Shore” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Adams Shore”
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