Furnace Brook Parkway

Furnace Brook Parkway is a nature reserve in City of Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts. Furnace Brook Parkway is situated nearby to the hamlet Merrymount, as well as near the locality Gull Island.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Thomas Crane Public Library and John Adams Birthplace.

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.

John Adams Birthplace

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The John Adams Birthplace is a historic house at 133 Franklin Street in Quincy, Massachusetts. It is the saltbox home in which Founding Father and second president of the United States, John Adams, was born in 1735.

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 Braintree.

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.

Braintree

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Braintree is a town of 37,000 people on the South Shore in Southeastern Massachusetts. It is located along several major thoroughfares, making it convenient to Boston.