Baxter Street Historic District
The Baxter Street Historic District is a residential historic district roughly at 19-34 Baxter Street in Quincy, Massachusetts. It encompasses an enclave of four duplex worker housing units of a type called the "Quincy Cottage", which were built in the 1880s for workers in a locally important shoe manufacturing company.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Thomas Crane Public Library and Coddington School.
Thomas Crane Public Library
Library
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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.
United First Parish Church
Place of worship
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United First Parish Church is an American Unitarian Universalist congregation in Quincy, Massachusetts, established as the parish church of Quincy in 1639.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Quincy and Adams Shore.
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.
Adams Shore
Hamlet
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.
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. Germantown is situated 1½ miles east of Baxter Street Historic District.
Baxter Street Historic District
- Type: Park
- Description: historic district in Massachusetts, United States
- Categories: historic district, recreation area, and historic site
- Location: Norfolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.24927° or 42° 14′ 57″ northLongitude
-70.99505° or 70° 59′ 42″ westElevation
36 feet (11 metres)Open location code
87JF62X3+PXOpenStreetMap ID
node 358278969OpenStreetMap feature
historic=districtOpenStreetMap feature
leisure=parkGeoNames ID
4929950Wikidata ID
Q14715396
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