{"nrhp_refnum":"70000095","name":"Quincy Homestead","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"34 Butler Road","address_restricted":false,"city":"Quincy","county":"Norfolk County","state":"MA","lat":42.25801330200005,"lon":-71.0075103589862,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1970-07-01","is_nhl":true,"nhl_designated_date":"2005-04-05","areas_of_significance":["Literature","Education","Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["national","state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A colonial house at 34 Butler Street in Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, combining a 17th-century section with a 1706 remodeling by Edmund Quincy and later 18th-century additions. It is owned by the Commonwealth and used as a museum.","why_significant":"The house is one of the few in Massachusetts in which 17th-century elements inside a later building remain clearly visible, and it shows the progression of Colonial architectural styles. It is also tied to the Quincy family, for whom the city is named, and to figures such as Henry Flynt, Dorothy Quincy, John Hancock and John Adams.","narrative":"Set behind a broad lawn at the corner of Butler and Hancock Streets in Quincy, this two-and-a-half-story clapboard house grew in stages during the Colonial period. Its oldest part dates to the 17th century and includes the Coddington Kitchen. Edmund Quincy enlarged and remodeled the house in 1706, and the sections were tied together in the mid-18th century. Later rooms were added, along with a study wing said to have been built for Henry Flynt, a longtime Harvard tutor. The exterior shows a gambrel roof, pedimented dormers, a roof balustrade and a Doric entrance porch with bull's-eye glass in the transom. The house matters because older 17th-century elements remain clearly visible within the later structure, and because it was the home of the Quincy family, from whom the city takes its name. Dorothy Quincy, who married John Hancock, visited often, and John Adams and Josiah Quincy were also guests. The Commonwealth owns it and operates it as a museum.","period_of_significance":"17th and 18th centuries; specific date 1706","architect_builder":"Edmund Quincy (1706 remodeling); John Marshall, workman who kept a diary of the work","architectural_style":"Colonial","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as in good condition and structurally sound, with needs including floor repair, rewiring, roof shingling, window and balustrade repair, new gutters and painting; in use as a museum.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:53.726536-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/34/7963/63796334/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/70000095.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/70000095/d1d9d2d68d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/70000095/d1d9d2d68d-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Jameslwoodward","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Quincy_Homestead_Quincy_MA_01.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jameslwoodward</a>, <a href=\"https://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:Quincy_Homestead_Quincy_MA_01.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63796334","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Quincy_Homestead","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5298602"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/norfolk-county/quincy-homestead-70000095/"}