The Old House at Peacefield
- Also Known As: Old House
- 1952-1998: Adams National Historic Site
- Address: 135 Adams St
Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
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Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
1731/00/00 | Oldest part of Old House (front western section) built as a summer home for sugar planter Leonard Vassall | |||||
1787/09/23 | John Adams | Home | John and Abigail Adams buy an old house and 75 acres of land from Leonard Vassal Borlund for 600 pounds. | |||
1787/09/23 | Abigail Smith Adams | Home | John and Abigail Adams buy an old house and 75 acres of land from Leonard Vassal Borlund for 600 pounds. | |||
1801/00/00 | John Adams | Home | Abigail and John Adams begin living at the Old House year-round. | |||
1818/10/28 | Abigail Smith Adams | Died | Abigail Smith Adams dies of typhoid fever. | |||
1824/08/29 | Marquis de Lafayette | Guest of Honor | Lafayette pays a visit to John Adams at Peacefield. Later Lafayette remarks, "That was not the John Adams I knew". Later Adams will say, "That was not the Lafayette I knew". | Lafayette's Triumphal Tour of America | ||
1826/07/04 | John Adams | Died | During a thunder storm, John Adams whispers "Thomas Jefferson survives" and soon after dies at The Old House at Peacefield in Quincy, Massachusetts. A final clap of thunder shakes the house before the rain stops and the sun shines through low clouds. | 50th Anniversary of the American Declaration of Independence | ||
1826/07/13 | John Quincy Adams | Life | John Q Adams and John II arrive at Peacefield. "I was not fully sensible of the change till I entered his bedchamber.... That moment was inexpressibly painful, and struck me as if it had been an arrow to my heart. My father and mother have departed." JQA | |||
1826/09/00 | John Quincy Adams | Home | John Adams' household possessions are sold at auction. John Q Adams spends $28,000 buying much of his parents items. John Q Adams will inherit Peacefield and buy several parcels of land and the Adam's pew in the meetinghouse. | |||
1876/00/00 | Mary Ogden Adams | Subject | Francis Millet paints Mary Ogden Adams, on display in the Memorial Room of the Old House | |||
1876/00/00 | Francis Davis Millet | Artist | Francis Millet paints Mary Ogden Adams, on display in the Memorial Room of the Old House |
Particulars for The Old House at Peacefield: | |
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Historic Use | Agricultural fields |
Area of Significance | Architecture |
Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
Owner | Federal |
Architectural Style | Federal Style |
Physiographic feature | Forest |
Architectural Style | Georgian Architecture |
Sight Category | Historic District |
Criteria | Historic Event |
Area of Significance | Landscape Architecture |
Area of Significance | Literature |
Level of Significance | National |
Criteria | Person |
Area of Significance | Politics-government |
Historic Use | Single dwelling |
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