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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1822/06/25 John Adams Benefactor John Adams deeds land for the building of the First Parish Church. Much of the granite will be quarried from the Adams family property.
1826/00/00 Alexander Parris Architect In the Fall, the First Parish Building committee selects Alexander Parris to design and supervise the construction of a new church in the Greek Revival style to be built of blue granite from the Quincy quarries.
1827/00/00 John Quincy Adams Benefactor The cost of construction of the First Parish Church, except for the four columns, is a gift to the congregation from President John Q Adams. The total cost of construction will be $30,488.56.
1828/04/01 John Adams In Memoriam The remains of John Adams are interred in the Adams Crypt located in the basement under the vestibule of the First Parish Church in Quincy, Massachusetts.
1828/04/01 Abigail Smith Adams In Memoriam The remains of Abigail Adams are placed in the Adams Crypt at United First Parish Church in Quincy, Massachusetts.
1828/06/16 Alexander Parris Engineer Three of the four monolithic granite columns used on the portico at First Parish Church are erected. The sanctuary is built of hammered granite, 1827-1828. The mahogany altar, and much of the rest of the building, is original.
1828/06/17 The fourth granite column is hoisted on the portico. Each column is 23 feet 2 inches long (or 25 feet long with capitals), and weigh about 25 tons. Thirty-five yoke of oxen were used to haul each column from the quarry, and each cost $1,000 set in place.
1828/11/12 Rev John Pierpont Hymnist Rev John Pierpont composed a hymn with references to the late John Adams for the dedication of the new First Parish Church: Here, a Father of our nation Drank, and felt the strength, it gave. Here he sleeps, his bed how lowly!
1828/11/12 First Parish Church is dedicated. "The house was well filled, and the exercises were such as might be expected from the gentlemen who took part in them. The choir were well versed in their pieces, and performed with gratifying precision." Boston Courier
1852/12/10 John Quincy Adams In Memoriam After Louisa Catherine Adams' death, her remains and those of John Quincy Adams are interred into the Adams Crypt at First Parish Church in Quincy, Massachusetts.
1957/00/00 The First Parish Church (Unitarian) in Quincy and the Wollaston Unitarian Society united as the United First Parish Church (Unitarian) in Quincy.

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Particulars for United First Parish Church (Unitarian) of Quincy:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Sight Category Building
Architectural Style Greek Revival
Level of Significance National
Owner Private
Historic Use Religious Property



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration:

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name:
Registry Address:
Registry Number: 70000734
Resource Type:
Owner: Private
Architect: Parris,Alexander
Architectural Style: Greek revival
Other Certification: Designated National Landmark
Nominator Name: National Historic Landmark
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: National
Area of Significance: Architecture
Applicable Criteria: Architecture-Engineering
Criteria Consideration: Religious property
Period of Significance: 1825-1849
Significant Year: 1827, 1828
Historic Function: Religion
Historic Sub-Function: Religious structure
Current Function: Religion
Current Sub-Function: Religious structure

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