{"nrhp_refnum":"76000285","name":"Quincy, Josiah, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"20 Muirhead St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Quincy","county":"Norfolk County","state":"MA","lat":42.27165227100005,"lon":-71.01492914999994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1976-05-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story frame Georgian house at 20 Muirhead Street in the Wollaston section of Quincy, Massachusetts, built in 1770 and now a house museum, with a two-story servants' ell and a roof monitor.","why_significant":"The house is a fine example of New England Georgian design, built by carpenter Deacon Edward Pierce to a plan attributed to Col. Josiah Quincy. It was the home of several generations of the Quincy family until 1893, including Josiah Quincy Jr., the patriot pamphleteer, and Josiah Quincy III, a Harvard president. Its furnishings are unusually well documented through family records.","narrative":"Built in 1770 in Quincy's Wollaston section, this two-story frame house with yellow clapboards and white quoins is a New England Georgian residence topped by a three-bay monitor. It replaced an earlier house that burned in 1769. Col. Josiah Quincy, a merchant and patriot, is credited with the design, and Dorchester carpenter Deacon Edward Pierce carried out the construction. Inside, a central hall holds a staircase with carved balusters, and four rooms sit on each floor. A Greek Revival porch was added about a half century later. The house sheltered the Quincy family until 1893, including Josiah Quincy Jr., who defended British soldiers after the Boston Massacre, and Josiah Quincy III, a Harvard president. From the monitor, the Colonel watched General Gage depart in 1775. Since 1937 it has been a museum furnished largely with Quincy family belongings, well documented by family records.","period_of_significance":"1770","architect_builder":"Deacon Edward Pierce (builder); design generally attributed to Col. Josiah Quincy","architectural_style":"Georgian, with later Greek Revival elements","criteria":[],"status_note":"Operated as a house museum since its acquisition by the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities in 1937; condition listed as good and altered.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:54.211657-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/76/7963/63796376/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/76000285.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76000285/1b5e822357-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76000285/1b5e822357-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Daderot at en.wikipedia","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Josiah_Quincy_House,_Quincy,_Massachusetts.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Daderot at en.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:Josiah_Quincy_House,_Quincy,_Massachusetts.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63796376","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josiah_Quincy_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6290603"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/norfolk-county/quincy-josiah-house-76000285/"}