Dorothy Quincy Homestead
- NRHP Name: Quincy Homestead
- Address: 34 Butler Road
- Vicinity: Hancock St
| Work | Type | Creator | AsNotedIn |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hancock Chariot (carriage) | Carriage |
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1628/00/00 | Edmund Quincy | Home | Leaving his family in England, Edmund Quincy migrates to Massachusetts and enters into a partnership with William Coddington. The men buy from a large tract of land from the Indians at Mt Wollaston, including the planting ground of the Sachem Chickatabot. | |||
| 1636/00/00 | Edmund Quincy | Home | By order of the General Court of the Colony, farms at Mt Wollaston are "bounded out" (markup out) to William Coddington and Edmund Quincy. The extensive parcel of land amounts to several thousand acres. | |||
| 1680/00/00 | Col Edmund Quincy | Home | A two-story residence, now the original kitchen area, is built for Edmund Quincy. | |||
| 1703/06/13 | Edmund Quincy IV | Born | Edmund Quincy is born in Braintree, Massachusetts, the son of Edmund Quincy and Dorothy Flynt. | |||
| 1706/00/00 | Judge Edmund Quincy | Home | Extensive additions are made at the Quincy residence for Edmund Quincy III. | |||
| 1738/00/00 | Edmund Quincy IV | Home | Between from 1708 and 1738, the Quincy Homestead is expanded, which is the general current shape of the house. | |||
| 1750/00/00 | Dorothy Hancock Scott | Home | Childhood home of Dorothy Quincy | |||
| 1790/00/00 | The Quincy parlor features wallpaper created in Paris c 1790. The design belongs to the Pompeian revival style which exploited the delicate and expressive possibilities of painted wall decoration. | |||||
| 1904/00/00 | Charles Francis Adams Jr | Preservationist | Led by the Massachusetts Colonial Dames and Charles Francis Adams, Quincy residents raise money to help the Dames in buying the Quincy estate and creating a house museum. | |||
| 2014/00/00 | Colonial Dames commission Blackburn Building Conservation to restore John Hancock's chariot. It is on display at the Quincy Homestead. | Hancock Chariot (carriage) |
| Particulars for Dorothy Quincy Homestead: | |
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| Area of Significance | Architecture |
| Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
| Sight Category | Building |
| Area of Significance | Education |
| Area of Significance | Literature |
| Criteria | Person |
| Area of Significance | Politics-government |
| Historic Use | Single dwelling |
| Owner | State |
| Decorative Arts | Wallpaper, covering |
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