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Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record/Historic American Landscapes Survey
 26 drawings |  38 b&w photos |  8 data pages |  3 photo caption pages |
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TITLE:
Adams Mansion, 135 Adams Street, Quincy, Norfolk County, MA
CALL NUMBER:
HABS MASS,11-QUI,5-
REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]
MEDIUM:
Measured Drawing(s): 26 (18 x 24 in.)
Photo(s): 38 (4 x 5 in., 5 x 7 in., and 8 x 10 in.)
Data Page(s): 7 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 3
DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1933.
CREATOR:
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
RELATED NAME(S):
Adams, John Quincy
Adams, Abigail
Adams, Brooks
Adams, John
Adams, Charles Francis
Vassall, Maj. Leonard
Winterowd, Asst Prof. George C., project manager
Gilchrist, Agnes A., historian
Smith, Robert, delineator
Kirk, Donald, delineator
Sawyers, Harold K., delineator
Simpson, William, delineator
NOTE:
Survey number HABS MA-615
Unprocessed field note material exists for this structure (FN-173).
Building/structure dates: 1731 initial construction
Building/structure dates: 1788 subsequent work
Building/structure dates: 1869 subsequent work
Building/structure dates: 1797 subsequent work
Building/structure dates: 1836 subsequent work
2 Unnumbered cover drawing sheets.
Significance: It shows the difference in size demanded by people of moderate wealth in 1731 and 1800. It shows an attempt in 1797 to fit the additions with the original 1731 building so that is would present a harmonious whole.
SUBJECTS:
MASSACHUSETTS--Norfolk County--Quincy
U.S. Presidents
U-plan buildings
wooden buildings
OTHER TITLE:
Vassal House
Old House
Adams National Historical Park
COLLECTION:
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)
REPOSITORY:
Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
DIGID:
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.ma0433
CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s):
1. Historic American Buildings Survey Charles E. Peterson, Photographer August 18, 1954 WEST SIDE
2. Historic American Buildings Survey Charles E. Peterson, Photographer August 18, 1954 FRONT VIEW
3. Historic American Buildings Survey Charles E. Peterson, Photographer August 18, 1954 EAST SIDE
4. Historic American Buildings Survey Charles E. Peterson, Photographer August 18, 1954 NORTHWEST VIEW OF REAR
CONTROL #:
MA0433
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