Adams Building

The Adams Building is a historic commercial building at 1342–1368 Hancock Street in downtown . Built in stages between 1880 and 1890, it is a distinctive example of Jacobethan architecture, and is one of city's oldest commercial buildings.
  • Type: Commercial building
  • Description: commercial building in Quincy, Massachusetts
  • Address: 1342, 1348, 1352, 1354, 1358, 1360, 1368, and 1370 Hancock Street

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include United First Parish Church and Thomas Crane Public Library.

Place of worship
is an American Unitarian Universalist congregation in , established as the parish church of Quincy in 1639.

Library
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. is situated 580 feet northeast of Adams Building.

Cemetery
is a historic on the Hancock Adams Common, across from the , in , United States. is situated 350 feet west of Adams Building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Quincy and Adams Shore.

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 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.

Locality
The is the major interchange of Interstate 93, U.S. Route 1, and Route 3 in , one of the suburbs of . is situated 2 miles southwest of Adams Building.

Adams Building

Latitude
42.25061° or 42° 15′ 2″ north
Longitude
-71.00252° or 71° 0′ 9″ west
Open location code
87JC7X2W+6X
Open­Street­Map ID
way 29958122
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­commercial
Wiki­data ID
Q4680299
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