John Adams & John Quincy Adams, Quincy, MA Photos

John Adams, 2nd US President (1797-1801) lived (1735-1826) & his son John Quincy Adams, 6th US President (1825-1829) lived (1767-1848) had birthplaces not 50 feet from each other & thus their historic sites are linked. The son also inherited his father's mansion Peacefield & they are entombed in the same church. Abigail Smith Adams, John's wife & John Quincy's mother, ran a trading business while John was involved in the revolutionary war. John Quincy's wife Louisa Catherine Johnson was a greatly respected social leader in Washington.

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John Adams birthplace (1735) who became second American President. Style: New England colonial.	Pediment & front door of John Adams birthplace.	Saltbox shape of John Adams birthplace.	Colonial window frame of John Adams birthplace.

1767 Birthplace of John Quincy Adam with birthplace of his father, John Adams, 50m beyond. Style: Georgian.	Saltbox shape of John Quincy Adams birthplace, sixth President of USA.	Peacefield (1731) home to four generations of John & Abigail Adam's family, who bought it in 1787.	Gate of Peacefield run by the National Parks Service.

Peacefield dormers & slate roof.	Gardens of Peacefield which was inherited in 1826 by John Quincy Adams & his wife Louisa Catherine.	China used by Louisa Catherine Adams while first lady.	John Quincy Adams Presidential Library (1870).

Granite doorway of John Quincy Adams Presidential Library.	Weather vane of John Quincy Adams Presidential Library.	Garden of Peacefield.	Statue of John Adams - farmer, lawyer, patriot, diplomat, first Vice President, second US President.

Granite bust of John Adams.	Bronze statue of John Adams on town square.	Statue of Abigail Adams with son John Quincy Adams (1997) by Lloyd Lillie.	John Adams (1821) by Gilbert Stuart in National Gallery of Art.

United First Parish Church (1827) is crypt for John & John Quincy Adams & their wives. Architect: Alexander Parris. On National Register.	Facade of United First Parish Church.	Domed rotunda & clock of United First Parish Church.	Weather vane atop United First Parish Church.

Sevres gravy boat owned by President John & Abigail Adams in American History Museum.	Formal dinner service used in White House of President John Adams made by La Courtille factory of Paris in American History Museum.	Mural of John Adams, Samuel Adams & James Bowdoin drafting the Massachusetts Constitution of 1780 in House chamber of State House.	2: John Adams (1797-1801) lived (1735-1826).

6: John Quincy Adams (1825-1829) lived (1767-1848).