Town River

Town River is a bay in , . Town River is situated nearby to the hamlet , as well as near .
  • Type: Bay
  • Also known as: “Town Brook”
  • Address: MA

Places of Interest

Highlights include Thomas Crane Public Library and Baxter Street Historic District.

Library
Photo: Daderot, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a city library in . 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.

Park
Photo: Sswonk, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a residential historic district roughly at 19-34 Baxter Street in . 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.

Government office
Photo: Jameslwoodward, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a historic school building at 26-44 Coddington Street in . Built in 1909, this three-story brick building is the finest Colonial Revival school building in the city.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Adams Shore and Quincy.

Hamlet
is a neighborhood of . It is located on the shore of 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 neighborhood.

Photo: Sswonk, Public domain.
is in . was the birthplace of presidents John Adams and John Adams. United States Declaration of Independence signer and first Massachusetts governor John Hancock was also born here.

Hamlet
is a primarily residential neighborhood in the city of . The neighborhood is located on a peninsula surrounded by Town River bay on the west and Rock Island Cove on the east.

Town River

Latitude
42.25427° or 42° 15′ 15″ north
Longitude
-70.98977° or 70° 59′ 23″ west
Elevation
3 feet (1 metre)
Open location code
87JF7236+P3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 368984439
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­bay
Geo­Names ID
4953202
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