Josiah Quincy House
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.Photo: Daderot, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Museum
- Description: National Historic Landmark home built by Josiah Quincy
- Address: MA
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Massachusetts Fields School and Wollaston station.
Massachusetts Fields School
Residential building
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The Massachusetts Fields School is a historic former school building at the corner of Rawson Road and Beach Street in Quincy, Massachusetts. Built in 1896, it is a high-quality Colonial Revival brick building, built during Quincy's revolutionary transformation of its school system in the late 19th century. Massachusetts Fields School is situated 420 feet west of 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 Braintree branch of the MBTA's Red Line. Wollaston station is situated 2,400 feet southwest of Josiah Quincy House.
Veterans Memorial Stadium
Stadium
Veterans Memorial Stadium is a multipurpose outdoor stadium in Quincy, Massachusetts. Built from 1937 to 1938 under the Works Progress Administration, it seats 5,000 spectators for football, soccer, Rugby union and lacrosse. Veterans Memorial Stadium is situated 4,100 feet south of Josiah Quincy House.
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
Photo: Sswonk, Public domain.
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 1½ miles east of Josiah Quincy House.
Josiah Quincy House
- Categories: single-family detached home, tourism, historic site, and tourist attraction
- Location: City of Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.27176° or 42° 16′ 18″ northLongitude
-71.0147° or 71° 0′ 53″ westElevation
20 feet (6 metres)Open location code
87JC7XCP+P4OpenStreetMap ID
node 316902356OpenStreetMap feature
historic=iconOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q6290603
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In Other Languages
“Josiah Quincy House” goes by many names.
- French: “Josiah Quincy House”
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