John Quincy Adams Birthplace Kitchen

Kitchen of the John Quincy Adams Birthplace

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Quick Facts

Location:

141 Franklin Street, Quincy, MA

Significance:

The Kitchen has connections to Abigail Adams and Louisa Catherine Adams.

The Kitchen is located in the lean-to portion of the John Quincy Adams Birthplace. It has a large fireplace with an attached beehive oven. During the American Revolutionary War, Abigail Adams may have used this fireplace and a bullet mold to make musket balls for the war effort. A small room off of the kitchen was what Abigail Adams called her “Buttery,” most likely a storage space.