Wollaston
Wollaston, Massachusetts, is a neighborhood in the city of Quincy, Massachusetts. Divided by Hancock Street or Route 3A, the Wollaston Beach side is known as Wollaston Park, while the Wollaston Hill side is known as Wollaston Heights.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Quarter
- Description: neighborhood in Quincy, Massachusetts
- Also known as: “Mount Wollaston”, “Wollaston Heights”, and “Wollaston, Massachusetts”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Wollaston station and Josiah Quincy House.
Wollaston station
Metro station
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Wollaston station is a rapid transit station in Quincy, Massachusetts. Located in the Wollaston neighborhood, it serves the MBTA's Red Line. It was opened in September 1971 as the second of three stations in the original South Shore Extension, replacing a mainline rail station which had been located there from 1845 to 1959.
Josiah Quincy House
Museum
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The Josiah Quincy House, located at 20 Muirhead Street in the Wollaston neighborhood of Quincy, Massachusetts, was the country home of Revolutionary War soldier Colonel Josiah Quincy I, the first in a line of six men named Josiah Quincy that included three Boston mayors and a president of Harvard University.
Wollaston Theatre
The Wollaston Theatre was a historic theater at 14 Beale Street in Quincy, Massachusetts. It was built in 1926 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.Places in the Area
Nearby places include North Quincy and Quincy.
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.
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. Adams Shore is situated 2 miles east of Wollaston.
Wollaston
- Categories: neighborhood and locality
- Location: City of Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.26555° or 42° 15′ 56″ northLongitude
-71.02005° or 71° 1′ 12″ westElevation
23 feet (7 metres)Open location code
87JC7X8H+6XOpenStreetMap ID
node 158861179OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Japanese—“Wollaston” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Wollaston”
- Hebrew: “וולסטון”
- Japanese: “ウォラストン”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Quincy Fire Department Station 4 and Wollaston Branch Thomas Crane Public Library.
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