A Research Report on the Structural History of the Old House, Adams National Historic Site

Nelson HL. 1963. A Research Report on the Structural History of the Old House, Adams National Historic Site. Historic Structure Report. U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Quincy, Massachusetts

This study aims to create a more comprehensive structural history of the Adams House and identify where certain rooms could have been. It uses various references, including family papers and accounts, to provide a more complete description of the house as it looked throughout each of the four generations of the family. The report notes that this history, while not complete, will be helpful to interpretation staff at the Adams National Historic Site. It is organized chronologically, beginning with the history of the site as part of the Massachusetts Bay Colony and continuing to the efforts to preserve the house in the 1960s.

Type
Published Report
Authors
Nelson, Helen
Date of Issue
1963-08-30
Publisher
U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
Units
ADAM , NER
Keywords
Adams Memorial Society, American Revolution, Brooks Adams, building history, Charles Francis Adams, Charles Peterson, diary, Family history, family papers, John Adams, John Borland, Leonard Vassall, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Old House, President, Quincy, slave, tenant, Wollaston
Subjects
CRIS-HS: 000007: Adams Estate - 'The Old House'

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