{"nrhp_refnum":"66000129","name":"Adams, John, Birthplace","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"133 Franklin St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Quincy","county":"Norfolk County","state":"MA","lat":42.239331201000056,"lon":-71.00358579680754,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1966-10-15","is_nhl":true,"nhl_designated_date":"1960-12-19","areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 17th-century frame and clapboard saltbox house at 133 Franklin Street in Quincy, Massachusetts, probably built in 1681 on land first held by William Needham. It is a museum owned by the City of Quincy.","why_significant":"It was the birthplace and boyhood home of John Adams, signer of the Declaration of Independence, principal author of the Massachusetts Constitution, first Vice-President and second President of the United States. It stayed in the Adams family until 1940. It was designated a National Historic Landmark under the theme of political and military affairs.","narrative":"This saltbox farmhouse at 133 Franklin Street in Quincy, Massachusetts, was the birthplace and boyhood home of John Adams, born in its east chamber in 1735. A dated brick found at the southeast corner of the foundation points to construction in 1681, though the house may incorporate parts of an earlier building from about 1650. Deacon John Adams bought the house and some seven acres in 1720, and the rear leanto was already in place by then. John Adams later became a signer of the Declaration of Independence, principal author of the Massachusetts Constitution, first Vice-President and second President. The house remained with the Adams family until 1940, when it was deeded to the City of Quincy. Restoration work began in 1896 under the Adams Chapter, Daughters of the Revolution, and the Quincy Historical Society has administered it since 1950. It sits beside the John Quincy Adams Birthplace, within open land once part of the Adams farm.","period_of_significance":"1735-1764","architect_builder":"not known","architectural_style":"Saltbox (typical New England saltbox design)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Owned by the City of Quincy and administered by the Quincy Historical Society as a museum open to the public seasonally; described as in excellent condition in the 1971 form.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 01:58:28.608504-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/11/7938/63793811/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/66000129_NHL.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/66000129/b852bf4a19-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/66000129/b852bf4a19-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Daderot at English Wikipedia","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Adams_birthplace,_Quincy,_Massachusetts.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Daderot at English Wikipedia</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Adams_birthplace,_Quincy,_Massachusetts.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63793811","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Adams_Birthplace","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6218202"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/norfolk-county/adams-john-birthplace-66000129/"}