Quincy House, 1770
A National Historic Landmark
20 Muirhead Street
Quincy, Mass. 02170
(617) 227-3957, ext. 256
Directions
Open July 12 and August 16, 1-4 pm.
Admission : $4 , Historic New England Members free. Tours on the hour.
Private Heritage Tours available with advanced reservations.
Please call 617-227-3956, June 1 through October 15.
Click here for information about school programs for this site.
Built as a country estate, Quincy House was originally surrounded
by fields and pasture overlooking Quincy Bay. Its elegant
architectural details, including a Chinese fretwork balustrade and
classical portico, befit the status of the man who built it, the
Revolutionary leader Colonel Josiah Quincy.
For generations, the Quincys, like the
Adamses, to whom they were related, played important roles in the
social and political life of Massachusetts. The family produced three
mayors of Boston and a president of Harvard. Much of the historical
information pertaining to the house and family was documented in the
early 1880s by Eliza Susan Quincy. She kept journals, inventoried the
contents of the house, commissioned photographs of the interior, and
persuaded relatives to return heirlooms so that the house could
become a repository of Quincy family history.
Directions:
From the north, take I-93 to Exit 12, Route 3A
(Hancock Street) to Wollaston Center. After 2.2 miles, turn left onto
Elm Street. Turn left on Staunton Street. Jog right to Muirhead
Street.
From the south, take I-93 to Exit 19, to Burgin Parkway. At sixth traffic
light, turn right onto Dimmock Street. Turn left onto Hancock. Turn
right onto Elm. Turn left onto Staunton. Turn right onto
Muirhead.
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