Quincy (Kwin' zee), Massachusetts, City of Presidents and Birthplace of the American Dream
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Thursday is "This Old House Day"
This 1767 saltbox was the birthplace of our 6th president, John Quincy Adams. I like the asymmetry of the saltbox, which takes its name from a wooden lidded box that was once used to hold salt.
The saltbox style was a popular architectural style in early colonial America because it was considered a single-story building (from the back) and was therefore exempt from Queen Ann's tax on houses greater than 1-story.
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Summer Attraction
This tiger swallowtail butterfly was a delight to see pollinating the phlox bed along my driveway.
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This tiger swallowtail butterfly was a delight to see pollinating the phlox bed along my driveway.
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[click image to enlarge] This Gothic Revival Chapel from the 1840s is located at Mt. Auburn Cemetery and was designed by Dr. Jacob Bigelow w...
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This beautiful Gothic and Tudor Revival style building was built in 1891 as a school for children of the granite workers in West Quincy; it ...
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