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Quincy, Massachusetts

February 04, 2024

"Mount Wollaston" redirects here. For the modern neighborhood, see Wollaston (Quincy, Massachusetts).

Quincy (/ˈkwɪnzi/ KWIN-zee) is a coastal U.S. city in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. It is the largest city in the county and a part of Metropolitan Boston as one of Boston's immediate southern suburbs. Its population in 2020 was 101,636, making it the seventh-largest city in the state.[2] Known as the "City of Presidents",[3] Quincy is the birthplace of two U.S. presidents—John Adams and his son John Quincy Adams—as well as John Hancock, the first signer of the Declaration of Independence and the first and third governor of Massachusetts.

Quincy, Massachusetts
City
Downtown Quincy in 2018
Flag
Seal
Nickname: 
"City of Presidents"
Motto(s): 
"Manet"  (Latin)
"It Remains"
Location of Quincy in Norfolk County, Massachusetts
Quincy
Location in the United States
Coordinates: 42°15′N 71°0′W / 42.250°N 71.000°W / 42.250; -71.000
Country United States
State Massachusetts
CountyNorfolk
RegionNew England
Settled1625
Incorporated (town)1792
Incorporated (city)1888
Named forJohn Quincy
Government
 • TypeMayor–council
 • MayorThomas P. Koch
 • City Council
  • At-Large: Scott Campbell
  • At-Large: Noel DiBona
  • At-Large: Nina Liang
  • Ward 1: David F. McCarthy
  • Ward 2: Richard Ash
  • Ward 3: Ian C. Cain (president)
  • Ward 4: James Devine
  • Ward 5: Daniel Minton
  • Ward 6: William P. Harris
Area
[1]
 • Total26.91 sq mi (69.69 km2)
 • Land16.57 sq mi (42.92 km2)
 • Water10.33 sq mi (26.77 km2)
Elevation
30 ft (9 m)
Highest elevation
517 ft (158 m)
Lowest elevation
0 ft (0 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total101,636
 • Density6,132.63/sq mi (2,367.87/km2)
Time zoneUTC−5 (Eastern)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (Eastern)
ZIP Code
02169, 02170, 02171
Area codes617 and 857
FIPS code25-55745
GNIS feature ID0617701
Websitewww.quincyma.gov

First settled in 1625, Quincy was briefly part of Dorchester before becoming the north precinct of Braintree in 1640. In 1792, Quincy was split off from Braintree; the new town was named after Colonel John Quincy, maternal grandfather of Abigail Adams and after whom John Quincy Adams was also named.[4] Quincy became a city in 1888.

For more than a century, Quincy was home to a thriving granite industry; the city was also the site of the Granite Railway, the United States' first commercial railroad. Shipbuilding at the Fore River Shipyard was another key part of the city's economy. In the 20th century, both Howard Johnson's and Dunkin' Donuts were founded in the city.

History edit

Pre-Colonial Period to the Revolution edit

 
View of Mount Wollaston as it appeared in 1840, virtually unchanged from the time of initial English settlement in 1625. The central part of this sketch was adopted as the seal of Quincy.

The road that eventually became the Old Coast Road from Boston to Plymouth, going through Quincy and Braintree, started out as a native american trail.[5]

Massachusett sachem Chickatawbut had his seat on a hill called Moswetuset Hummock prior to the settlement of the area by English colonists, situated east of the mouth of the Neponset River near what is now called Squantum.[6] It was visited in 1621 by Plymouth Colony commander Myles Standish and Squanto, a native guide.[7]

Four years later, a party led by Captain Richard Wollaston established a post on a low hill near the south shore of Quincy Bay east of present-day Black's Creek. The settlers found the area suitable for farming, as Chickatawbut and his group had cleared much of the land of trees. (The Indians used the name Passonagessit ("Little Neck of Land") for the area.[8]) This settlement was named Mount Wollaston in honor of the leader, who left the area soon after 1625, bound for Virginia.[9]

The Wollaston neighborhood in Quincy still retains Captain Wollaston's name. Upon the departure of Wollaston, Thomas Morton took over leadership of the post. Morton's history of conflict with the Plymouth settlement and his free-thinking ideals antagonized the Plymouth settlement, who maligned the colony and accused it of debauchery with Indian women and drunkenness.[9] Morton renamed the settlement Ma-re-Mount ("Hill by the Sea") and later wrote that the conservative separatists of Plymouth Colony to the south were "threatening to make it a woefull mount and not a merry mount", in reference to the fact that they disapproved of his libertine practices.[10] In 1627, Morton was arrested by Standish for violating the code of conduct in a way harmful to the colony. He was sent back to England, only to return and be arrested by Puritans the next year.[9] The area of Quincy now called Merrymount is located on the site of the original English settlement of 1625 and takes its name from the punning name given by Morton.[11]

The area was first incorporated as part of Dorchester in 1630 and was briefly annexed by Boston in 1634.[12] The area became Braintree in 1640,[13] bordered along the coast of Massachusetts Bay by Dorchester[14] to the north and Weymouth[15] to the east. Beginning in 1708, the modern border of Quincy first took shape as the North Precinct of Braintree.[13]

Post-Revolution edit

Following the American Revolution, Quincy was officially incorporated as a separate town named for Col. John Quincy in 1792, the grandfather of Abigail Adams [16] and was made a city in 1888.[17] Quincy, Massachusetts, is the only one of 17 cities named Quincy in the United States whose residents pronounce the name as "KWIN-zee" rather than "KWIN-see". In 1845 the Old Colony Railroad opened; the Massachusetts Historical Commission stated that the railroad was "the beginning of a trend toward suburbanization". Quincy became as accessible to Boston as was Charlestown. The first suburban land company, Bellevue Land Co., had been organized in northern Quincy in 1870.[18] Quincy's population grew by over 50 percent during the 1920s.[19]

Among the city's several firsts was the Granite Railway, the first commercial railroad in the United States. It was constructed in 1826 to carry granite from a Quincy quarry to the Neponset River in Milton so that the stone could then be taken by boat to erect the Bunker Hill Monument in Charlestown. Quincy granite became famous throughout the nation, and stonecutting became the city's principal economic activity. Quincy was also home to the first iron furnace in the United States, the John Winthrop Jr. Iron Furnace Site (also known as Braintree Furnace), from 1644 to 1653.

 
Quincy, Massachusetts, oil on canvas, Childe Hassam, 1892

In the 1870s, the city gave its name to the Quincy Method, an influential approach to education developed by Francis W. Parker while he served as Quincy's superintendent of schools. Parker, an early proponent of progressive education, put his ideas into practice in the city's underperforming schools; four years later, a state survey found that Quincy's students were excelling.[20] Many of Quincy’s teachers were recruited by districts in other states, spreading the Quincy method beyond Massachusetts to New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Vermont, Florida, Minnesota, and other places.[21]

Quincy was additionally important as a shipbuilding center. Sailing ships were built in Quincy for many years, including the only seven-masted schooner ever built, Thomas W. Lawson. The Fore River area became a shipbuilding center in the 1880s; founded by Thomas A. Watson, who became wealthy as assistant to Alexander Graham Bell in developing the telephone, many famous warships were built at the Fore River Shipyard. Amongst these were the aircraft carrier USS Lexington (CV-2); the battleships USS Massachusetts (BB-59), now preserved as a museum ship at Battleship Cove in Massachusetts, and USS Nevada (BB-36); and USS Salem (CA-139), the world's last all-gun heavy warship, which is still preserved at Fore River as the main exhibit of the United States Naval Shipbuilding Museum. John J. Kilroy, reputed originator of the famous Kilroy was here graffiti, was a rivet inspector at Fore River.[22]

Quincy was also an aviation pioneer thanks to Dennison Field. Located in the Squantum section of town it was one of the world's first airports and was partially developed by Amelia Earhart. In 1910, it was the site of the Harvard Aero Meet, the second air show in America. It was later leased to the Navy for an airfield, and served as a reserve Squantum Naval Air Station into the 1950s. The Army has also long maintained a presence in the city, with the Massachusetts Army National Guard occupying the Kelley Armory in Wollaston, from 1971 to 1976 it served as headquarters for the 187th Infantry Brigade.

The Howard Johnson's and Dunkin' Donuts restaurant chains were both founded in Quincy. Celtic punk band Dropkick Murphys got its start in the city's Wollaston neighborhood in 1996. Quincy is also home to the United States' longest-running Flag Day parade, a tradition that began in 1952 under Richard Koch, a former director of Parks and Recreation, who started the "Koch Club" sports organization for kids and had an annual parade with flags.[23]

Geography edit

 
Quincy and surrounding area showing elevations and features

Quincy shares borders with Boston to the north (separated by the Neponset River), Milton to the west, Randolph and Braintree to the south, and Weymouth (separated by the Fore River) and Hull (maritime border between Quincy Bay and Hingham Bay) to the east. Historically, before incorporation when it was called "Mount Wollaston" and later as the "North Precinct" of Braintree, Quincy roughly began at the Neponset River in the north and ended at the Fore River in the south.

Quincy Bay, within city limits to the northeast, is part of Boston Harbor and Massachusetts Bay. There are several beaches in Quincy,[24] including Wollaston Beach along Quincy Shore Drive. Located on the western shore of Quincy Bay, Wollaston Beach is the largest Boston Harbor beach.[25] Quincy's territory includes Hangman Island, Moon Island (restricted access, and all land is owned by the City of Boston), Nut Island (now a peninsula), and Raccoon Island in the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 26.9 square miles (70 km2), of which 16.8 square miles (44 km2) is land and 10.1 square miles (26 km2) is water. The total area is 37.60% water.

Although Quincy is primarily urban, 2,485 acres (3.9 sq mi; 10.1 km2)[26] or fully 23 percent of its land area lies within the uninhabited Blue Hills Reservation, a state park managed by the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation. This undeveloped natural area encompasses the southwestern portion of Quincy and includes the city's highest point, 517-foot (158 m) Chickatawbut Hill. Other hills within Quincy include Forbes Hill in Wollaston, Presidents Hill in Quincy Center and Penns Hill in South Quincy.[27]

Climate edit

Climate data for Blue Hills Reservation (Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory), 1991−2020 normals, extremes 1893−present
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °F (°C) 68
(20) 		71
(22) 		89
(32) 		94
(34) 		96
(36) 		99
(37) 		100
(38) 		101
(38) 		99
(37) 		88
(31) 		81
(27) 		74
(23) 		101
(38)
Mean maximum °F (°C) 56.6
(13.7) 		56.9
(13.8) 		65.6
(18.7) 		79.4
(26.3) 		87.3
(30.7) 		90.0
(32.2) 		92.9
(33.8) 		91.3
(32.9) 		86.9
(30.5) 		77.6
(25.3) 		68.4
(20.2) 		60.0
(15.6) 		94.7
(34.8)
Mean daily maximum °F (°C) 34.7
(1.5) 		37.0
(2.8) 		44.1
(6.7) 		56.3
(13.5) 		66.8
(19.3) 		75.4
(24.1) 		81.7
(27.6) 		80.2
(26.8) 		72.7
(22.6) 		61.0
(16.1) 		50.1
(10.1) 		40.2
(4.6) 		58.4
(14.6)
Daily mean °F (°C) 26.5
(−3.1) 		28.2
(−2.1) 		35.5
(1.9) 		47.1
(8.4) 		58.5
(14.7) 		66.5
(19.2) 		72.7
(22.6) 		71.4
(21.9) 		64.2
(17.9) 		52.5
(11.4) 		42.0
(5.6) 		32.5
(0.3) 		49.8
(9.9)
Mean daily minimum °F (°C) 18.3
(−7.6) 		19.5
(−6.9) 		26.9
(−2.8) 		37.9
(3.3) 		48.2
(9.0) 		57.6
(14.2) 		63.8
(17.7) 		62.6
(17.0) 		55.6
(13.1) 		44.0
(6.7) 		33.8
(1.0) 		24.9
(−3.9) 		41.1
(5.1)
Mean minimum °F (°C) 0.0
(−17.8) 		3.1
(−16.1) 		10.1
(−12.2) 		26.7
(−2.9) 		37.5
(3.1) 		45.9
(7.7) 		54.9
(12.7) 		53.4
(11.9) 		42.3
(5.7) 		30.5
(−0.8) 		19.6
(−6.9) 		8.7
(−12.9) 		−2.5
(−19.2)
Record low °F (°C) −14
(−26) 		−21
(−29) 		−5
(−21) 		6
(−14) 		27
(−3) 		36
(2) 		44
(7) 		39
(4) 		28
(−2) 		21
(−6) 		5
(−15) 		−19
(−28) 		−21
(−29)
Average precipitation inches (mm) 4.50
(114) 		4.00
(102) 		5.52
(140) 		4.76
(121) 		3.82
(97) 		4.63
(118) 		3.47
(88) 		3.91
(99) 		4.06
(103) 		5.49
(139) 		4.31
(109) 		5.39
(137) 		53.86
(1,367)
Average snowfall inches (cm) 18.6
(47) 		18.2
(46) 		15.0
(38) 		2.8
(7.1) 		0.0
(0.0) 		0.0
(0.0) 		0.0
(0.0) 		0.0
(0.0) 		0.0
(0.0) 		0.7
(1.8) 		1.8
(4.6) 		12.6
(32) 		69.7
(176.5)
Average extreme snow depth inches (cm) 10.6
(27) 		11.5
(29) 		9.8
(25) 		2.6
(6.6) 		0.0
(0.0) 		0.0
(0.0) 		0.0
(0.0) 		0.0
(0.0) 		0.0
(0.0) 		0.3
(0.76) 		1.3
(3.3) 		7.7
(20) 		17.1
(43)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in) 13.2 11.3 12.5 12.5 13.0 12.1 10.5 10.2 9.2 11.5 10.9 12.6 139.5
Average snowy days (≥ 0.1 in) 8.1 7.1 5.7 1.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 1.3 5.3 29.2
Mean monthly sunshine hours 132.1 146.7 174.0 185.6 220.2 231.8 258.1 242.5 204.1 182.1 133.3 125.9 2,236.4
Percent possible sunshine 46.3 50.9 48.5 47.9 50.4 52.7 58.0 58.7 56.7 55.1 47.0 45.9 51.5
Source: NOAA, BHO[28][29]

Demographics edit

As of the 2020 United States Census,[43] there were 101,636 people and 46,789 households, making it the eighth-largest city in the state. The population density was 6,137.6 inhabitants per square mile (2,369.7/km2). There were 51,156 housing units.

The racial makeup of the city was 56.2% White (non-Hispanic), 6.4% African American alone, 0.1% Native American alone, 28.9% Asian alone (15.6% Chinese, 3.2% Vietnamese, 2.6% Indian), 0.1% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, 0.85% from other races, and 5.3% from two or more races.[43] Hispanic or Latino of any race were 5.4% of the population. 33.5% were of Irish, 12.7% Italian and 5.0% English ancestry according to the 2000 Census. 58.1% spoke only English,[44] while 8.0% spoke Chinese or Mandarin, 2.6% Cantonese, 1.9% Spanish, 1.5% Vietnamese and 1.3% Italian in their homes.

Of the city's 46,789 households, approximately 56.6% were married couples living together, 12.5% had a female householder with no spouse present, 5.2% were male householders with no spouse present, and 25.8% were non-families. 50.1% of Quincy's population was male, and 49.9% female. The average household size was 2.2 people, and most people (84.3%) were in the same house a year ago.[43][45]

In the city, the age distribution of the population shows 14% under the age of 18, 66.2% from 18 to 64, and 19.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40.8 years.[45]

Age Distribution[45]
Age Percent Total
0-9 8.4% 8,577
10-19 8.9% 9,067
20-29 13% 13,209
30-39 18.4% 18,727
40-49 13.1% 13,355
50-59 9.9% 10,110
60-69 16% 16,240
70-79 7.6% 7,775
80+ 4.6% 4,656

The median income for a household in the city was $90,668. Males had a median income of 1.31 times greater than females ($97,905 compared to $74,737 for females). The per capita income for the city was $53,082. About 7.3% of families and 9.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 15.2% of those under age 18 and 11.1% of those age 65 or over.[43][45]

Asian community edit

See also: Chinese Americans in Boston
 
Kam Man Food in Quincy

As of 2010, Quincy has the highest per capita concentration of persons of Asian origin in Massachusetts.[46] As of 2003 about 66% of the Asians in Quincy are ethnic Chinese,[47] giving the city one of the largest Chinese populations in the state.[48] There is also a community of persons of East Indian origins, with most of them working in information technology and other skilled professions.[47] A growing number of people with Vietnamese origins live in the area as well and make up the second largest Asian American group in Quincy; it is estimated that nearly 4,000 Vietnamese people live in the city.

In 1980, there were 750 persons of Asian origin in Quincy. Most of the Asian immigrants coming in the 1980s originated from Hong Kong and Taiwan.[49] In 1990, Quincy had 5,577 persons of Asian origin,[46] with 143 of them being of East Indian origin.[47] The number of Asians increased to 13,546 in 2000,[46] with about 9,000 of them being ethnic Chinese,[48] and 1,127 of them being ethnic East Indian. The latter group grew by 688%, making it the fastest-growing Asian subgroup in Quincy.[47] Around 2003, most Asian immigrants were coming from Fujian instead of Hong Kong and Taiwan.[49] At that time, Quincy had a higher Asian population than the Boston Chinatown.[50] The overall Asian population increased by 64% in the following decade, to 22,174 in 2010.[46] Quincy's Chinese population increased by 60% during that time period.[51]

Historically, Quincy residents traveled to shops in Chinatown, Boston, but by 2003 Asian shopping centers became established in Quincy.[50] By 2003, New York City-based Kam Man Food was establishing a supermarket in Quincy.[52] In February 2017, City Councilor Nina Liang presented a motion to designate Quincy as a "Sanctuary City".[53] This motion was voted down by the City Council. Quincy has an estimated 8,000 undocumented residents and has the 11th-highest concentration of immigrants in Massachusetts overall.[54]

As of 2000, about 50% of Asians in Quincy own their own houses; many who rent do so while saving money for down payments for their houses.[49] Sixty-five percent of the Chinese were homeowners, while only 10% of the East Indians were homeowners.[47] As of 2003, slightly more than 2,500 Asian Americans in Quincy were registered to vote, making up almost 25% of Asians in the city who were eligible to vote.[55]

In the 1980s, there was racial violence against the Asian community by whites,[56] and at the time the city did not employ any Asian police officers, leaving the Asian population to feel a lack of trust in the police.[57] By 2003, the racial tensions had been greatly reduced,[56] and the Quincy Police Department at that time had Asian officers.[57]

By 2003, Quincy Asian Resources Inc. planned to establish a newsletter for Asian residents.[55] In 2011, Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center, Inc. (BCNC; 波士頓華埠社區中心) executive director Elaine Ng stated that the center would begin to offer services in Quincy. The number of persons using BCNC services residing in Quincy increased by almost 300% in a period beginning in 2004 and ending in 2005.[51]

Neighborhoods edit

 
Map of Quincy neighborhoods

Quincy is divided into numerous neighborhoods with individual histories and characteristics.[58]

  • Adams Shore was originally developed as a summer resort location and is now a year-round residential area.
  • Germantown was the site of a former planned manufacturing community begun in the 1750s to encourage German immigration and is now a residential neighborhood with a massive public housing project.
  • Houghs Neck is a northeastern peninsular community named for Atherton Hough, who was granted the land in 1636 for use as a farm and orchard. Hough's Neck has a substantial Irish American population.
  • Marina Bay is a residential-commercial area developed in the 1980s on the site of the closed Naval Air Station Squantum with high-rise condominiums, restaurants and a large marina.
  • Merrymount is a primarily residential neighborhood and the site of Quincy's initial settlement.
  • Montclair is the northwestern section of the city along West Squantum Street, bordering the town of Milton.
  • North Quincy is a residential and commercial neighborhood along Hancock Street and Quincy Shore Drive that includes a substantial Asian American population with substantial Asian business growth as well as the location of one of the city's largest high schools, North Quincy High School.
  • Quincy Center is the commercial and government center of the city where City Hall, Thomas Crane Public Library, the United First Parish Church (Old Stone Church), Quincy Masonic Building, and numerous office buildings and residential streets can be found.
  • Quincy Point is a densely populated residential area east of Quincy Center, with commercial areas along Quincy Avenue and Southern Artery, that is also the site of the Fore River Shipyard.
  • South Quincy is a residential area bordering the town of Braintree that includes Crown Colony office park and Faxon Park, a wooded 66-acre (0.27 km2) protected space.
  • Squantum is the peninsular northernmost part of Quincy grew from being a summer resort adjacent to an early civilian, then Naval Air Station Squantum, into a year-round residential neighborhood. Squantum boasts one of the largest Irish American populations, per capita, in the United States.
  • West Quincy is a residential and commercial section with immediate access to Interstate 93 and the site of several former granite quarries, now the Quincy Quarries Reservation, and the Granite Railway, first commercial railway in the United States.
  • Wollaston, named for Captain Richard Wollaston, the leader of Quincy's original settlers, was an early rail-accessed commuter home for Boston workers that is now a densely populated residential and commercial area and site of Eastern Nazarene College.

Economy edit

 
Headquarters building of Stop & Shop supermarket chain in Quincy Center

During its history Quincy has been known as a manufacturing and heavy industry center, with granite quarrying dominating employment in the 19th century and shipbuilding at Fore River Shipyard and Squantum Victory Yard rising to prominence in the 20th century. The recent decades have seen a shift in focus to several large employers in the professional and service sector of the economy.[59] Quincy is the location of the corporate headquarters of several firms, including Boston Financial Data Services,[60] the Stop & Shop supermarket chain,[61] Arbella Insurance Group[62] and The Patriot Ledger, the publisher of the South Shore's largest regional newspaper.[63]

Other major employers with offices in Quincy are State Street Corporation,[64] Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts,[65] Harvard Pilgrim Health Care[62] and Boston Scientific.[62] TACV, national flag carrier airline of Cape Verde, has its United States corporate office in Quincy.[66] Icelandair has its North American headquarters in the city as well.[67]

Income edit

See also: List of Massachusetts locations by per capita income

Data is from the 2009–2013 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates.[68][69][70]

Rank ZIP Code (ZCTA) Per capita
income 		Median
household
income 		Median
family
income 		Population Number of
households
Norfolk County $44,692 $84,916 $108,943 677,296 257,451
1 02171 $36,933 $64,812 $81,455 17,735 7,551
Massachusetts $35,763 $66,866 $84,900 6,605,058 2,530,147
Quincy $33,131 $61,328 $74,544 92,595 39,778
2 02169 $32,613 $58,669 $73,743 55,064 24,466
3 02170 $31,165 $66,917 $73,971 19,796 7,761
United States $28,155 $53,046 $64,719 311,536,594 115,610,216

Government edit

 
Historic Quincy Town Hall in 2019
 
Quincy City Hall in 2019

Local edit

Quincy has a strong mayor government. The incumbent mayor, Thomas P. Koch, has served since 2008; he is the 33rd mayor of the city. Mayors in the city were elected to two-year terms. In 2013, the city's voters opted to extend the mayoral term to four years, beginning after the 2015 election.[71]

In addition to the mayor, the city has a nine-member city council, with Noel T. DiBona serving as current president. Six councilors are elected to represent Quincy's wards, and three are elected at large. Councilors serve two-year terms. The city also has a school committee with seven members—the mayor and six members elected to staggered four-year terms.[72]

Public safety edit

The Quincy Police Department was formed in 1888, currently headquartered at the original Quincy Police Station which was built in 1925 as the city's first purpose-built police station and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. In 2010, the city of Quincy was the first in the US to have its police department carry the nasal spray Narcan (Nalaxone) to combat the overdose outbreak associated with the opioid epidemic in the US.[73] When the program first began, the city's officers were reviving an overdose victim every four to five days. By 2014, police officers had administered the opioid antagonist over 300 times. Other cities and police departments throughout the US developed their own Narcan-dispensing programs based on the model pioneered by the Quincy PD.[74] In 2017, overdose deaths in the city and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts had declined, it was thought, due to the use of naloxone by the police and others. The state legislature, in 2018, required all pharmacies to keep Narcan in stock and available to anyone, without a prescription.[75]

Fire emergencies are handled by the Quincy Fire Department, which was founded in 1889 and includes the Central Fire Station, which is on the National Register of Historic Places and is still active as of 2023.[76] The city's Emergency Medical Services are privately contracted, with ambulance response being handled by Brewster Ambulance Service since 2015.[77]

State edit

Quincy is represented in the Massachusetts State Senate by Democrat John F. Keenan (Norfolk and Plymouth district). Three members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives represent Quincy: Bruce Ayers (1st Norfolk district), Tackey Chan (2nd Norfolk district), and Ronald Mariano (3rd Norfolk district).[78] Each representative is a Democrat, and Mariano is the speaker of the House.

Education edit

 
Munro Hall on the Eastern Nazarene College main campus

Quincy is home to various educational institutions, public and private, including one early childhood education center, one Montessori school, one Catholic school, one college-preparatory school, two colleges, Eastern Nazarene College, a private liberal arts and sciences college, and Quincy College, a public, localized college, two public high schools, five public middle schools, and 12 public elementary schools. In the 19th century, the city became an innovator in progressive public education with the Quincy Method, developed by Francis W. Parker while he served as Quincy's superintendent of schools. Four years after its implementation, a state survey found that Quincy students excelled at reading, writing, and spelling, and ranked fourth in their county in math.[20]

Higher education edit

The city is home to Eastern Nazarene College, a college of the liberal arts and sciences located in Wollaston Park. The college relocated to the area in 1919 from its original location in Saratoga Springs, New York, where it was established as a holiness college in 1900. Quincy College, a community college in Quincy Center, operates under the auspices of the City of Quincy. The college is unusual in this respect, as it is the only one of Massachusetts' 16 community colleges to be run by a city rather than by the state.[79] It is one of only two colleges in the United States organized this way.[80]

Public primary and secondary education edit

Public education at the primary and secondary levels is managed by Quincy Public Schools, a system that includes one early childhood center, eleven elementary schools, five middle schools and two high schools.[81]

Public high schools
Public middle schools
  • Atlantic
  • Broad Meadows
  • Central
  • Point Webster
  • South-West (formerly Reay E. Sterling)
Public elementary schools

Private and alternative education edit

Private and alternative education institutions for children in preschool–8th grade include Quincy's three Catholic schools—Sacred Heart, St. Ann, and St. Mary.[82][83][84] Because of declining enrollment and the ongoing economic crisis, the three merged to form the Quincy Catholic Academy, which opened in September 2010, at the site of the Sacred Heart school.[85] The Woodward School for Girls is a non-sectarian college preparatory day school for girls in grades 6–12.[86] Campus Kinder Haus (CKH) is operated by the Eastern Nazarene College on its Old Colony campus.[87] The Adams Montessori School is open for children of preschool through elementary school age.[88]

For a number of years, the Fore River Apprentice School was operated at the Fore River Shipyard to teach its students how to work in the shipyard.[89]

Quincy is also home to the Massachusetts School of Barbering.

Public libraries edit

The Thomas Crane Public Library serves as the public library system of Quincy, Massachusetts.

Supplementary education edit

Peter Jae established the Quincy Chinese Language School, which offers supplementary education for Chinese children, in 1988. As of 2003 it holds Cantonese-language classes for 150 students at the Sacred Heart School in North Quincy on Saturday mornings. The school at one time had 400 students but the school reduced itself in size when a lack of qualified teachers occurred.[48]

The Chung Yee School is another Chinese school in Quincy. As of 2008 the headmaster is Harry Kwan, who originated from Hong Kong. That year the school had 100 students and charged $100 ($135.92 adjusted for inflation) per child per month for Chinese language and culture after school classes. It was first established around 1996. The school was briefly closed by the Quincy Police Department on November 28, 2008, due to a lack of Massachusetts state and local government permits. After the state and municipal authorities cleared the school of allegations of child abuse, it was scheduled to reopen that year.[90] After the allegation, Chung Yee School continued to operate without obtaining a government childcare license for after-school programs.

In December 2002 the Vrindavana Preservation Society established the Vaisnava Academy which caters to Quincy's East Indian community and offers courses for children. Subjects include the Hindi language, Indian dance and music, and yoga.[47]

Transportation edit

 
City of Presidents banner previously displayed on Route 3A. The temporary Fore River Bridge can be seen in the background.

As part of Metro Boston, Quincy has easy access to transportation facilities. State highways and the Interstate system connect the Greater Boston area to the airport, port, and intermodal facilities of Boston. Due to its proximity to Boston proper, Quincy is connected not only by these modes of transportation but also to the regional subway system, operated by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA), known locally as "The T". The four subway or "T" stops in Quincy, which are on the MBTA's Red Line, are North Quincy Station, Wollaston Station, Quincy Center Station, and Quincy Adams Station.

Highways and roads edit

Interstate 93 and U.S. Route 1 travel south to north concurrently through Quincy beginning in the southwest, where the Quincy–Randolph border bisects the median between the northern and southern halves of the Exit 5 cloverleaf at Massachusetts Route 28. Following a route around the southern extent of the Blue Hills Reservation, this I-93 and US 1 alignment is along the former southern section of Route 128. The highway travels along a wooded wetland region of the Reservation, entering Quincy completely just beyond Exit 5 and then crossing into Braintree as it approaches the Braintree Split, the junction with Massachusetts Route 3. Weekday traffic volume averages 250,000 to 275,000 vehicles per day at this intersection, the gateway from Boston and its inner core to the South Shore and Cape Cod.[91]

As Route 3 joins I-93 and US 1 at the Braintree Split, the three travel north together toward Boston around the eastern extent of the Blue Hills Reservation, entering West Quincy as the Southeast Expressway. The expressway provides access to West Quincy at Exit 8—Furnace Brook Parkway and Exit 9—Bryant Avenue/Adams Street before entering Milton. The Furnace Brook Parkway exit also provides access to Ricciuti Drive and the Quincy Quarries Reservation as well as the eastern entrance to the Blue Hills Reservation Parkways.

Principal numbered state highways traveling within Quincy include: Route 3A south to north from Weymouth via Washington Street, Southern Artery, Merrymount Parkway and Hancock Street to the Neponset River Bridge and the Dorchester section of Boston; Route 28, which travels south to north from Randolph to Milton along Randolph Avenue in Quincy through a remote section of the Blue Hills Reservation; and Route 53, which enters traveling south to north from Braintree as Quincy Avenue, turning right to form the beginning of Southern Artery in Quincy Point before ending at the intersection with Washington Street/Route 3A.

 
Quincy Center as seen from the intersection of Adams Street and Hancock Street

In addition to the Blue Hills parkways, Quincy includes two other Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation parkways. Furnace Brook Parkway travels east from I-93 through the center of the city from West Quincy to Quincy Center and Merrymount at Quincy Bay. There the parkway meets Quincy Shore Drive at the mouth of Blacks Creek. Quincy Shore Drive travels in a northerly direction along the shore of Quincy Bay through Wollaston and into North Quincy, with much of its length abutting Wollaston Beach, then turns in a westerly direction upon intersecting with East Squantum Street and continues to meet Hancock Street at the Neponset River Bridge.

As for Quincy's other important city streets, Hancock Street begins at the southern extent of Quincy Center and travels north to Dorchester as a main commercial thoroughfare of Quincy Center, Wollaston and North Quincy. Washington Street enters the city at Fore River Rotary after crossing Weymouth Fore River and continues to Quincy Center, ending at Hancock Street. Along with Quincy Avenue and Southern Artery, other heavily traveled streets include Newport Avenue, which parallels Hancock Street to the west on the opposite side of the MBTA railway, Adams Street heading west from Quincy Center to Milton, and West and East Squantum Streets in the Montclair and North Quincy neighborhoods. Other streets are discussed in several of the neighborhood articles listed above.

Airport edit

Boston's Logan International Airport is accessible via MBTA Red Line connections at South Station, directly on the MBTA commuter boat (see below) or by motor vehicle using Interstate 93 or surface roads to the Ted Williams Tunnel.

MBTA rail and other commuter services edit

Subway service is available on the Red Line of the MBTA from four stations in Quincy: North Quincy, Wollaston, Quincy Center, and Quincy Adams. Commuter rail service operates out of Quincy Center. Both services serve South Station in Boston with connections to MBTA Commuter Rail and Amtrak intercity lines. Buses are also available for transportation in Quincy, including private bus lines and several lines provided by the MBTA. Most of the MBTA routes funnel through the Quincy Center station, which is the principal hub south of Boston for all MBTA bus lines. The southern bus garage for the MBTA system is adjacent to the Quincy Armory on Hancock Street.

Quincy was a major terminal for the commuter boat system that crosses Boston Harbor to Long Wharf, Hull, Rowe's Wharf, Hingham, and Logan Airport. The commuter boats, which were operated by Harbor Express under license by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, docked at the Fore River Shipyard in Quincy Point.[92] Service ended in October 2013 after a water main break damaged the sea wall and wharf. Temporary repairs would have cost $15 million; permanent repairs $50 million. In 2014, the MBTA made the decision to permanently end the service and sell the land.[93]

Sports edit

Quincy has had brief flirtations with professional sports. The Quincy Chiefs of the minor league Eastern Basketball Association (the predecessor to the defunct Continental Basketball Association) played a single season in 1977–1978, and were coached and managed by former Boston Celtics executive Leo Papile. The Chiefs finished 12–19 in third place, and lost in the playoffs to eventual league champion Wilkes-Barre. Quincy's professional baseball team, the Shipbuilders, competed in the New England League in 1933, recording a 12–6 record before moving to Nashua midseason; a revival of the team played in the NEL from 1941 through to 1944. The final season of the Boston Minutemen of the North American Soccer League was played at Veterans Memorial Stadium, in 1976, finishing 7–17.

The Real Boston Rams of the soccer 4th division Premier Development League, an affiliate club of the New England Revolution, played in Veterans Memorial Stadium from 2014 to 2015.

In 2019, the Boston Cannons, a professional men's field lacrosse team in the Premier Lacrosse League (PLL) moved their home stadium from Boston to Veterans Memorial Stadium. The team played two seasons there before the MLL–PLL merger.

The New England Free Jacks of Major League Rugby moved to Veterans Memorial Stadium in 2021, relocating from Weymouth.

Quincy has had several football teams in the semi-pro Eastern Football League over the years. The current club, the Quincy Militia, played its inaugural season in the EFL in 2009.[94] Founded in 2009 by long-time Quincy resident Vaughn Driscoll, new owners came into the team picture in 2013. Militia games are played July to October with home games at Veterans Memorial Stadium on Saturday nights. An earlier team, the Quincy Giants, played in the minor league Atlantic Coast Football League between 1969 and 1971.

Quincy's only college sports program is the "Lions" of Eastern Nazarene College, in the D-III Commonwealth Coast Conference of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC). Games are played at Bradley Field and the Lahue Physical Education Center on-campus, or at Adams Field and Veterans Memorial Stadium.

Quincy's high school sports programs are in the Patriot League:[95] the D-III Fisher Division "Raiders" of North Quincy High School and the DIIA Keenan Division "Presidents" of Quincy High School, who are rivals. Quincy also hosted the youth baseball Babe Ruth League World Series in 2003, 2005 and 2008. High school baseball and Babe Ruth League games are played at Adams Field. High school football is played at Veterans Memorial Stadium

Notable people edit

See also: Category:People from Quincy, Massachusetts

Gallery edit

See also edit

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Further reading edit

  • Browne, Patricia Harrigan, Quincy – A Past Carved in Stone, Images of America Series, Arcadia Publishing, July 1996, ISBN 0-7524-0299-4
  • Pattee, William S., A History of Old Braintree and Quincy: With a Sketch of Randolph and Holbrook, Green & Prescott, 1879, ISBN 978-1-4367-3321-2 (at Internet Archive)

External links edit

 
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Mount Wollaston redirects here For the modern neighborhood see Wollaston Quincy Massachusetts Quincy ˈ k w ɪ n z i KWIN zee is a coastal U S city in Norfolk County Massachusetts United States It is the largest city in the county and a part of Metropolitan Boston as one of Boston s immediate southern suburbs Its population in 2020 was 101 636 making it the seventh largest city in the state 2 Known as the City of Presidents 3 Quincy is the birthplace of two U S presidents John Adams and his son John Quincy Adams as well as John Hancock the first signer of the Declaration of Independence and the first and third governor of Massachusetts Quincy MassachusettsCityDowntown Quincy in 2018FlagSealNickname City of Presidents Motto s Manet Latin It Remains Location of Quincy in Norfolk County MassachusettsQuincyLocation in the United StatesCoordinates 42 15 N 71 0 W 42 250 N 71 000 W 42 250 71 000Country United StatesState MassachusettsCountyNorfolkRegionNew EnglandSettled1625Incorporated town 1792Incorporated city 1888Named forJohn QuincyGovernment TypeMayor council MayorThomas P Koch City CouncilAt Large Scott Campbell At Large Noel DiBona At Large Nina Liang Ward 1 David F McCarthy Ward 2 Richard Ash Ward 3 Ian C Cain president Ward 4 James Devine Ward 5 Daniel Minton Ward 6 William P HarrisArea 1 Total26 91 sq mi 69 69 km2 Land16 57 sq mi 42 92 km2 Water10 33 sq mi 26 77 km2 Elevation30 ft 9 m Highest elevation517 ft 158 m Lowest elevation0 ft 0 m Population 2020 Total101 636 Density6 132 63 sq mi 2 367 87 km2 Time zoneUTC 5 Eastern Summer DST UTC 4 Eastern ZIP Code02169 02170 02171Area codes617 and 857FIPS code25 55745GNIS feature ID0617701Websitewww quincyma govFirst settled in 1625 Quincy was briefly part of Dorchester before becoming the north precinct of Braintree in 1640 In 1792 Quincy was split off from Braintree the new town was named after Colonel John Quincy maternal grandfather of Abigail Adams and after whom John Quincy Adams was also named 4 Quincy became a city in 1888 For more than a century Quincy was home to a thriving granite industry the city was also the site of the Granite Railway the United States first commercial railroad Shipbuilding at the Fore River Shipyard was another key part of the city s economy In the 20th century both Howard Johnson s and Dunkin Donuts were founded in the city Contents 1 History 1 1 Pre Colonial Period to the Revolution 1 2 Post Revolution 2 Geography 3 Climate 4 Demographics 4 1 Asian community 5 Neighborhoods 6 Economy 6 1 Income 7 Government 7 1 Local 7 1 1 Public safety 7 2 State 8 Education 8 1 Higher education 8 2 Public primary and secondary education 8 3 Private and alternative education 8 4 Public libraries 8 5 Supplementary education 9 Transportation 9 1 Highways and roads 9 2 Airport 9 3 MBTA rail and other commuter services 10 Sports 11 Notable people 12 Gallery 13 See also 14 References 15 Further reading 16 External linksHistory editPre Colonial Period to the Revolution edit nbsp View of Mount Wollaston as it appeared in 1840 virtually unchanged from the time of initial English settlement in 1625 The central part of this sketch was adopted as the seal of Quincy The road that eventually became the Old Coast Road from Boston to Plymouth going through Quincy and Braintree started out as a native american trail 5 Massachusett sachem Chickatawbut had his seat on a hill called Moswetuset Hummock prior to the settlement of the area by English colonists situated east of the mouth of the Neponset River near what is now called Squantum 6 It was visited in 1621 by Plymouth Colony commander Myles Standish and Squanto a native guide 7 Four years later a party led by Captain Richard Wollaston established a post on a low hill near the south shore of Quincy Bay east of present day Black s Creek The settlers found the area suitable for farming as Chickatawbut and his group had cleared much of the land of trees The Indians used the name Passonagessit Little Neck of Land for the area 8 This settlement was named Mount Wollaston in honor of the leader who left the area soon after 1625 bound for Virginia 9 The Wollaston neighborhood in Quincy still retains Captain Wollaston s name Upon the departure of Wollaston Thomas Morton took over leadership of the post Morton s history of conflict with the Plymouth settlement and his free thinking ideals antagonized the Plymouth settlement who maligned the colony and accused it of debauchery with Indian women and drunkenness 9 Morton renamed the settlement Ma re Mount Hill by the Sea and later wrote that the conservative separatists of Plymouth Colony to the south were threatening to make it a woefull mount and not a merry mount in reference to the fact that they disapproved of his libertine practices 10 In 1627 Morton was arrested by Standish for violating the code of conduct in a way harmful to the colony He was sent back to England only to return and be arrested by Puritans the next year 9 The area of Quincy now called Merrymount is located on the site of the original English settlement of 1625 and takes its name from the punning name given by Morton 11 The area was first incorporated as part of Dorchester in 1630 and was briefly annexed by Boston in 1634 12 The area became Braintree in 1640 13 bordered along the coast of Massachusetts Bay by Dorchester 14 to the north and Weymouth 15 to the east Beginning in 1708 the modern border of Quincy first took shape as the North Precinct of Braintree 13 Post Revolution edit Following the American Revolution Quincy was officially incorporated as a separate town named for Col John Quincy in 1792 the grandfather of Abigail Adams 16 and was made a city in 1888 17 Quincy Massachusetts is the only one of 17 cities named Quincy in the United States whose residents pronounce the name as KWIN zee rather than KWIN see In 1845 the Old Colony Railroad opened the Massachusetts Historical Commission stated that the railroad was the beginning of a trend toward suburbanization Quincy became as accessible to Boston as was Charlestown The first suburban land company Bellevue Land Co had been organized in northern Quincy in 1870 18 Quincy s population grew by over 50 percent during the 1920s 19 Among the city s several firsts was the Granite Railway the first commercial railroad in the United States It was constructed in 1826 to carry granite from a Quincy quarry to the Neponset River in Milton so that the stone could then be taken by boat to erect the Bunker Hill Monument in Charlestown Quincy granite became famous throughout the nation and stonecutting became the city s principal economic activity Quincy was also home to the first iron furnace in the United States the John Winthrop Jr Iron Furnace Site also known as Braintree Furnace from 1644 to 1653 nbsp Quincy Massachusetts oil on canvas Childe Hassam 1892In the 1870s the city gave its name to the Quincy Method an influential approach to education developed by Francis W Parker while he served as Quincy s superintendent of schools Parker an early proponent of progressive education put his ideas into practice in the city s underperforming schools four years later a state survey found that Quincy s students were excelling 20 Many of Quincy s teachers were recruited by districts in other states spreading the Quincy method beyond Massachusetts to New Jersey New York Connecticut Vermont Florida Minnesota and other places 21 Quincy was additionally important as a shipbuilding center Sailing ships were built in Quincy for many years including the only seven masted schooner ever built Thomas W Lawson The Fore River area became a shipbuilding center in the 1880s founded by Thomas A Watson who became wealthy as assistant to Alexander Graham Bell in developing the telephone many famous warships were built at the Fore River Shipyard Amongst these were the aircraft carrier USS Lexington CV 2 the battleships USS Massachusetts BB 59 now preserved as a museum ship at Battleship Cove in Massachusetts and USS Nevada BB 36 and USS Salem CA 139 the world s last all gun heavy warship which is still preserved at Fore River as the main exhibit of the United States Naval Shipbuilding Museum John J Kilroy reputed originator of the famous Kilroy was here graffiti was a rivet inspector at Fore River 22 Quincy was also an aviation pioneer thanks to Dennison Field Located in the Squantum section of town it was one of the world s first airports and was partially developed by Amelia Earhart In 1910 it was the site of the Harvard Aero Meet the second air show in America It was later leased to the Navy for an airfield and served as a reserve Squantum Naval Air Station into the 1950s The Army has also long maintained a presence in the city with the Massachusetts Army National Guard occupying the Kelley Armory in Wollaston from 1971 to 1976 it served as headquarters for the 187th Infantry Brigade The Howard Johnson s and Dunkin Donuts restaurant chains were both founded in Quincy Celtic punk band Dropkick Murphys got its start in the city s Wollaston neighborhood in 1996 Quincy is also home to the United States longest running Flag Day parade a tradition that began in 1952 under Richard Koch a former director of Parks and Recreation who started the Koch Club sports organization for kids and had an annual parade with flags 23 Geography edit nbsp Quincy and surrounding area showing elevations and featuresQuincy shares borders with Boston to the north separated by the Neponset River Milton to the west Randolph and Braintree to the south and Weymouth separated by the Fore River and Hull maritime border between Quincy Bay and Hingham Bay to the east Historically before incorporation when it was called Mount Wollaston and later as the North Precinct of Braintree Quincy roughly began at the Neponset River in the north and ended at the Fore River in the south Quincy Bay within city limits to the northeast is part of Boston Harbor and Massachusetts Bay There are several beaches in Quincy 24 including Wollaston Beach along Quincy Shore Drive Located on the western shore of Quincy Bay Wollaston Beach is the largest Boston Harbor beach 25 Quincy s territory includes Hangman Island Moon Island restricted access and all land is owned by the City of Boston Nut Island now a peninsula and Raccoon Island in the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area According to the United States Census Bureau the city has a total area of 26 9 square miles 70 km2 of which 16 8 square miles 44 km2 is land and 10 1 square miles 26 km2 is water The total area is 37 60 water Although Quincy is primarily urban 2 485 acres 3 9 sq mi 10 1 km2 26 or fully 23 percent of its land area lies within the uninhabited Blue Hills Reservation a state park managed by the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation This undeveloped natural area encompasses the southwestern portion of Quincy and includes the city s highest point 517 foot 158 m Chickatawbut Hill Other hills within Quincy include Forbes Hill in Wollaston Presidents Hill in Quincy Center and Penns Hill in South Quincy 27 Climate editvteClimate data for Blue Hills Reservation Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory 1991 2020 normals extremes 1893 presentMonth Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec YearRecord high F C 68 20 71 22 89 32 94 34 96 36 99 37 100 38 101 38 99 37 88 31 81 27 74 23 101 38 Mean maximum F C 56 6 13 7 56 9 13 8 65 6 18 7 79 4 26 3 87 3 30 7 90 0 32 2 92 9 33 8 91 3 32 9 86 9 30 5 77 6 25 3 68 4 20 2 60 0 15 6 94 7 34 8 Mean daily maximum F C 34 7 1 5 37 0 2 8 44 1 6 7 56 3 13 5 66 8 19 3 75 4 24 1 81 7 27 6 80 2 26 8 72 7 22 6 61 0 16 1 50 1 10 1 40 2 4 6 58 4 14 6 Daily mean F C 26 5 3 1 28 2 2 1 35 5 1 9 47 1 8 4 58 5 14 7 66 5 19 2 72 7 22 6 71 4 21 9 64 2 17 9 52 5 11 4 42 0 5 6 32 5 0 3 49 8 9 9 Mean daily minimum F C 18 3 7 6 19 5 6 9 26 9 2 8 37 9 3 3 48 2 9 0 57 6 14 2 63 8 17 7 62 6 17 0 55 6 13 1 44 0 6 7 33 8 1 0 24 9 3 9 41 1 5 1 Mean minimum F C 0 0 17 8 3 1 16 1 10 1 12 2 26 7 2 9 37 5 3 1 45 9 7 7 54 9 12 7 53 4 11 9 42 3 5 7 30 5 0 8 19 6 6 9 8 7 12 9 2 5 19 2 Record low F C 14 26 21 29 5 21 6 14 27 3 36 2 44 7 39 4 28 2 21 6 5 15 19 28 21 29 Average precipitation inches mm 4 50 114 4 00 102 5 52 140 4 76 121 3 82 97 4 63 118 3 47 88 3 91 99 4 06 103 5 49 139 4 31 109 5 39 137 53 86 1 367 Average snowfall inches cm 18 6 47 18 2 46 15 0 38 2 8 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 8 1 8 4 6 12 6 32 69 7 176 5 Average extreme snow depth inches cm 10 6 27 11 5 29 9 8 25 2 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 76 1 3 3 3 7 7 20 17 1 43 Average precipitation days 0 01 in 13 2 11 3 12 5 12 5 13 0 12 1 10 5 10 2 9 2 11 5 10 9 12 6 139 5Average snowy days 0 1 in 8 1 7 1 5 7 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 3 5 3 29 2Mean monthly sunshine hours 132 1 146 7 174 0 185 6 220 2 231 8 258 1 242 5 204 1 182 1 133 3 125 9 2 236 4Percent possible sunshine 46 3 50 9 48 5 47 9 50 4 52 7 58 0 58 7 56 7 55 1 47 0 45 9 51 5Source NOAA BHO 28 29 Demographics editHistorical populationYearPop 18001 081 18101 281 18 5 18201 628 27 1 18302 201 35 2 18403 486 58 4 18505 017 43 9 18606 778 35 1 18707 442 9 8 188010 570 42 0 189016 723 58 2 190023 899 42 9 191032 642 36 6 192047 876 46 7 193071 983 50 4 194075 810 5 3 195083 835 10 6 196087 409 4 3 197087 966 0 6 198084 743 3 7 199084 985 0 3 200088 025 3 6 201092 271 4 8 2020101 636 10 1 2022 101 727 0 1 population estimate Source United States census records and Population Estimates Program data 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 Source U S Decennial Census 42 As of the 2020 United States Census 43 there were 101 636 people and 46 789 households making it the eighth largest city in the state The population density was 6 137 6 inhabitants per square mile 2 369 7 km2 There were 51 156 housing units The racial makeup of the city was 56 2 White non Hispanic 6 4 African American alone 0 1 Native American alone 28 9 Asian alone 15 6 Chinese 3 2 Vietnamese 2 6 Indian 0 1 Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 0 85 from other races and 5 3 from two or more races 43 Hispanic or Latino of any race were 5 4 of the population 33 5 were of Irish 12 7 Italian and 5 0 English ancestry according to the 2000 Census 58 1 spoke only English 44 while 8 0 spoke Chinese or Mandarin 2 6 Cantonese 1 9 Spanish 1 5 Vietnamese and 1 3 Italian in their homes Of the city s 46 789 households approximately 56 6 were married couples living together 12 5 had a female householder with no spouse present 5 2 were male householders with no spouse present and 25 8 were non families 50 1 of Quincy s population was male and 49 9 female The average household size was 2 2 people and most people 84 3 were in the same house a year ago 43 45 In the city the age distribution of the population shows 14 under the age of 18 66 2 from 18 to 64 and 19 9 who were 65 years of age or older The median age was 40 8 years 45 Age Distribution 45 Age Percent Total0 9 8 4 8 57710 19 8 9 9 06720 29 13 13 20930 39 18 4 18 72740 49 13 1 13 35550 59 9 9 10 11060 69 16 16 24070 79 7 6 7 77580 4 6 4 656The median income for a household in the city was 90 668 Males had a median income of 1 31 times greater than females 97 905 compared to 74 737 for females The per capita income for the city was 53 082 About 7 3 of families and 9 8 of the population were below the poverty line including 15 2 of those under age 18 and 11 1 of those age 65 or over 43 45 Asian community edit See also Chinese Americans in Boston nbsp Kam Man Food in QuincyAs of 2010 Quincy has the highest per capita concentration of persons of Asian origin in Massachusetts 46 As of 2003 about 66 of the Asians in Quincy are ethnic Chinese 47 giving the city one of the largest Chinese populations in the state 48 There is also a community of persons of East Indian origins with most of them working in information technology and other skilled professions 47 A growing number of people with Vietnamese origins live in the area as well and make up the second largest Asian American group in Quincy it is estimated that nearly 4 000 Vietnamese people live in the city In 1980 there were 750 persons of Asian origin in Quincy Most of the Asian immigrants coming in the 1980s originated from Hong Kong and Taiwan 49 In 1990 Quincy had 5 577 persons of Asian origin 46 with 143 of them being of East Indian origin 47 The number of Asians increased to 13 546 in 2000 46 with about 9 000 of them being ethnic Chinese 48 and 1 127 of them being ethnic East Indian The latter group grew by 688 making it the fastest growing Asian subgroup in Quincy 47 Around 2003 most Asian immigrants were coming from Fujian instead of Hong Kong and Taiwan 49 At that time Quincy had a higher Asian population than the Boston Chinatown 50 The overall Asian population increased by 64 in the following decade to 22 174 in 2010 46 Quincy s Chinese population increased by 60 during that time period 51 Historically Quincy residents traveled to shops in Chinatown Boston but by 2003 Asian shopping centers became established in Quincy 50 By 2003 New York City based Kam Man Food was establishing a supermarket in Quincy 52 In February 2017 City Councilor Nina Liang presented a motion to designate Quincy as a Sanctuary City 53 This motion was voted down by the City Council Quincy has an estimated 8 000 undocumented residents and has the 11th highest concentration of immigrants in Massachusetts overall 54 As of 2000 about 50 of Asians in Quincy own their own houses many who rent do so while saving money for down payments for their houses 49 Sixty five percent of the Chinese were homeowners while only 10 of the East Indians were homeowners 47 As of 2003 slightly more than 2 500 Asian Americans in Quincy were registered to vote making up almost 25 of Asians in the city who were eligible to vote 55 In the 1980s there was racial violence against the Asian community by whites 56 and at the time the city did not employ any Asian police officers leaving the Asian population to feel a lack of trust in the police 57 By 2003 the racial tensions had been greatly reduced 56 and the Quincy Police Department at that time had Asian officers 57 By 2003 Quincy Asian Resources Inc planned to establish a newsletter for Asian residents 55 In 2011 Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center Inc BCNC 波士頓華埠社區中心 executive director Elaine Ng stated that the center would begin to offer services in Quincy The number of persons using BCNC services residing in Quincy increased by almost 300 in a period beginning in 2004 and ending in 2005 51 Neighborhoods edit nbsp Map of Quincy neighborhoodsQuincy is divided into numerous neighborhoods with individual histories and characteristics 58 Adams Shore was originally developed as a summer resort location and is now a year round residential area Germantown was the site of a former planned manufacturing community begun in the 1750s to encourage German immigration and is now a residential neighborhood with a massive public housing project Houghs Neck is a northeastern peninsular community named for Atherton Hough who was granted the land in 1636 for use as a farm and orchard Hough s Neck has a substantial Irish American population Marina Bay is a residential commercial area developed in the 1980s on the site of the closed Naval Air Station Squantum with high rise condominiums restaurants and a large marina Merrymount is a primarily residential neighborhood and the site of Quincy s initial settlement Montclair is the northwestern section of the city along West Squantum Street bordering the town of Milton North Quincy is a residential and commercial neighborhood along Hancock Street and Quincy Shore Drive that includes a substantial Asian American population with substantial Asian business growth as well as the location of one of the city s largest high schools North Quincy High School Quincy Center is the commercial and government center of the city where City Hall Thomas Crane Public Library the United First Parish Church Old Stone Church Quincy Masonic Building and numerous office buildings and residential streets can be found Quincy Point is a densely populated residential area east of Quincy Center with commercial areas along Quincy Avenue and Southern Artery that is also the site of the Fore River Shipyard South Quincy is a residential area bordering the town of Braintree that includes Crown Colony office park and Faxon Park a wooded 66 acre 0 27 km2 protected space Squantum is the peninsular northernmost part of Quincy grew from being a summer resort adjacent to an early civilian then Naval Air Station Squantum into a year round residential neighborhood Squantum boasts one of the largest Irish American populations per capita in the United States West Quincy is a residential and commercial section with immediate access to Interstate 93 and the site of several former granite quarries now the Quincy Quarries Reservation and the Granite Railway first commercial railway in the United States Wollaston named for Captain Richard Wollaston the leader of Quincy s original settlers was an early rail accessed commuter home for Boston workers that is now a densely populated residential and commercial area and site of Eastern Nazarene College Economy edit nbsp Headquarters building of Stop amp Shop supermarket chain in Quincy CenterDuring its history Quincy has been known as a manufacturing and heavy industry center with granite quarrying dominating employment in the 19th century and shipbuilding at Fore River Shipyard and Squantum Victory Yard rising to prominence in the 20th century The recent decades have seen a shift in focus to several large employers in the professional and service sector of the economy 59 Quincy is the location of the corporate headquarters of several firms including Boston Financial Data Services 60 the Stop amp Shop supermarket chain 61 Arbella Insurance Group 62 and The Patriot Ledger the publisher of the South Shore s largest regional newspaper 63 Other major employers with offices in Quincy are State Street Corporation 64 Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts 65 Harvard Pilgrim Health Care 62 and Boston Scientific 62 TACV national flag carrier airline of Cape Verde has its United States corporate office in Quincy 66 Icelandair has its North American headquarters in the city as well 67 Income edit See also List of Massachusetts locations by per capita income Data is from the 2009 2013 American Community Survey 5 Year Estimates 68 69 70 Rank ZIP Code ZCTA Per capitaincome Medianhouseholdincome Medianfamilyincome Population Number ofhouseholdsNorfolk County 44 692 84 916 108 943 677 296 257 4511 02171 36 933 64 812 81 455 17 735 7 551Massachusetts 35 763 66 866 84 900 6 605 058 2 530 147Quincy 33 131 61 328 74 544 92 595 39 7782 02169 32 613 58 669 73 743 55 064 24 4663 02170 31 165 66 917 73 971 19 796 7 761United States 28 155 53 046 64 719 311 536 594 115 610 216Government edit nbsp Historic Quincy Town Hall in 2019 nbsp Quincy City Hall in 2019Local edit Quincy has a strong mayor government The incumbent mayor Thomas P Koch has served since 2008 he is the 33rd mayor of the city Mayors in the city were elected to two year terms In 2013 the city s voters opted to extend the mayoral term to four years beginning after the 2015 election 71 In addition to the mayor the city has a nine member city council with Noel T DiBona serving as current president Six councilors are elected to represent Quincy s wards and three are elected at large Councilors serve two year terms The city also has a school committee with seven members the mayor and six members elected to staggered four year terms 72 Public safety edit The Quincy Police Department was formed in 1888 currently headquartered at the original Quincy Police Station which was built in 1925 as the city s first purpose built police station and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1990 In 2010 the city of Quincy was the first in the US to have its police department carry the nasal spray Narcan Nalaxone to combat the overdose outbreak associated with the opioid epidemic in the US 73 When the program first began the city s officers were reviving an overdose victim every four to five days By 2014 police officers had administered the opioid antagonist over 300 times Other cities and police departments throughout the US developed their own Narcan dispensing programs based on the model pioneered by the Quincy PD 74 In 2017 overdose deaths in the city and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts had declined it was thought due to the use of naloxone by the police and others The state legislature in 2018 required all pharmacies to keep Narcan in stock and available to anyone without a prescription 75 Fire emergencies are handled by the Quincy Fire Department which was founded in 1889 and includes the Central Fire Station which is on the National Register of Historic Places and is still active as of 2023 76 The city s Emergency Medical Services are privately contracted with ambulance response being handled by Brewster Ambulance Service since 2015 77 State edit Quincy is represented in the Massachusetts State Senate by Democrat John F Keenan Norfolk and Plymouth district Three members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives represent Quincy Bruce Ayers 1st Norfolk district Tackey Chan 2nd Norfolk district and Ronald Mariano 3rd Norfolk district 78 Each representative is a Democrat and Mariano is the speaker of the House Education edit nbsp Munro Hall on the Eastern Nazarene College main campusQuincy is home to various educational institutions public and private including one early childhood education center one Montessori school one Catholic school one college preparatory school two colleges Eastern Nazarene College a private liberal arts and sciences college and Quincy College a public localized college two public high schools five public middle schools and 12 public elementary schools In the 19th century the city became an innovator in progressive public education with the Quincy Method developed by Francis W Parker while he served as Quincy s superintendent of schools Four years after its implementation a state survey found that Quincy students excelled at reading writing and spelling and ranked fourth in their county in math 20 Higher education edit The city is home to Eastern Nazarene College a college of the liberal arts and sciences located in Wollaston Park The college relocated to the area in 1919 from its original location in Saratoga Springs New York where it was established as a holiness college in 1900 Quincy College a community college in Quincy Center operates under the auspices of the City of Quincy The college is unusual in this respect as it is the only one of Massachusetts 16 community colleges to be run by a city rather than by the state 79 It is one of only two colleges in the United States organized this way 80 Public primary and secondary education edit Public education at the primary and secondary levels is managed by Quincy Public Schools a system that includes one early childhood center eleven elementary schools five middle schools and two high schools 81 Public high schoolsNorth Quincy High School Quincy High SchoolPublic middle schoolsAtlantic Broad Meadows Central Point Webster South West formerly Reay E Sterling Public elementary schoolsAmelio Della Chiesa Early Childhood Center Atherton Hough Beechwood Knoll Charles A Bernazzani Clifford Marshall Lincoln Hancock Community Merrymount Montclair Francis W Parker Snug Harbor Community Squantum Wollaston Private and alternative education edit Private and alternative education institutions for children in preschool 8th grade include Quincy s three Catholic schools Sacred Heart St Ann and St Mary 82 83 84 Because of declining enrollment and the ongoing economic crisis the three merged to form the Quincy Catholic Academy which opened in September 2010 at the site of the Sacred Heart school 85 The Woodward School for Girls is a non sectarian college preparatory day school for girls in grades 6 12 86 Campus Kinder Haus CKH is operated by the Eastern Nazarene College on its Old Colony campus 87 The Adams Montessori School is open for children of preschool through elementary school age 88 For a number of years the Fore River Apprentice School was operated at the Fore River Shipyard to teach its students how to work in the shipyard 89 Quincy is also home to the Massachusetts School of Barbering Public libraries edit The Thomas Crane Public Library serves as the public library system of Quincy Massachusetts Supplementary education edit Peter Jae established the Quincy Chinese Language School which offers supplementary education for Chinese children in 1988 As of 2003 it holds Cantonese language classes for 150 students at the Sacred Heart School in North Quincy on Saturday mornings The school at one time had 400 students but the school reduced itself in size when a lack of qualified teachers occurred 48 The Chung Yee School is another Chinese school in Quincy As of 2008 the headmaster is Harry Kwan who originated from Hong Kong That year the school had 100 students and charged 100 135 92 adjusted for inflation per child per month for Chinese language and culture after school classes It was first established around 1996 The school was briefly closed by the Quincy Police Department on November 28 2008 due to a lack of Massachusetts state and local government permits After the state and municipal authorities cleared the school of allegations of child abuse it was scheduled to reopen that year 90 After the allegation Chung Yee School continued to operate without obtaining a government childcare license for after school programs In December 2002 the Vrindavana Preservation Society established the Vaisnava Academy which caters to Quincy s East Indian community and offers courses for children Subjects include the Hindi language Indian dance and music and yoga 47 Transportation edit nbsp City of Presidents banner previously displayed on Route 3A The temporary Fore River Bridge can be seen in the background As part of Metro Boston Quincy has easy access to transportation facilities State highways and the Interstate system connect the Greater Boston area to the airport port and intermodal facilities of Boston Due to its proximity to Boston proper Quincy is connected not only by these modes of transportation but also to the regional subway system operated by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority MBTA known locally as The T The four subway or T stops in Quincy which are on the MBTA s Red Line are North Quincy Station Wollaston Station Quincy Center Station and Quincy Adams Station Highways and roads edit Interstate 93 and U S Route 1 travel south to north concurrently through Quincy beginning in the southwest where the Quincy Randolph border bisects the median between the northern and southern halves of the Exit 5 cloverleaf at Massachusetts Route 28 Following a route around the southern extent of the Blue Hills Reservation this I 93 and US 1 alignment is along the former southern section of Route 128 The highway travels along a wooded wetland region of the Reservation entering Quincy completely just beyond Exit 5 and then crossing into Braintree as it approaches the Braintree Split the junction with Massachusetts Route 3 Weekday traffic volume averages 250 000 to 275 000 vehicles per day at this intersection the gateway from Boston and its inner core to the South Shore and Cape Cod 91 As Route 3 joins I 93 and US 1 at the Braintree Split the three travel north together toward Boston around the eastern extent of the Blue Hills Reservation entering West Quincy as the Southeast Expressway The expressway provides access to West Quincy at Exit 8 Furnace Brook Parkway and Exit 9 Bryant Avenue Adams Street before entering Milton The Furnace Brook Parkway exit also provides access to Ricciuti Drive and the Quincy Quarries Reservation as well as the eastern entrance to the Blue Hills Reservation Parkways Principal numbered state highways traveling within Quincy include Route 3A south to north from Weymouth via Washington Street Southern Artery Merrymount Parkway and Hancock Street to the Neponset River Bridge and the Dorchester section of Boston Route 28 which travels south to north from Randolph to Milton along Randolph Avenue in Quincy through a remote section of the Blue Hills Reservation and Route 53 which enters traveling south to north from Braintree as Quincy Avenue turning right to form the beginning of Southern Artery in Quincy Point before ending at the intersection with Washington Street Route 3A nbsp Quincy Center as seen from the intersection of Adams Street and Hancock StreetIn addition to the Blue Hills parkways Quincy includes two other Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation parkways Furnace Brook Parkway travels east from I 93 through the center of the city from West Quincy to Quincy Center and Merrymount at Quincy Bay There the parkway meets Quincy Shore Drive at the mouth of Blacks Creek Quincy Shore Drive travels in a northerly direction along the shore of Quincy Bay through Wollaston and into North Quincy with much of its length abutting Wollaston Beach then turns in a westerly direction upon intersecting with East Squantum Street and continues to meet Hancock Street at the Neponset River Bridge As for Quincy s other important city streets Hancock Street begins at the southern extent of Quincy Center and travels north to Dorchester as a main commercial thoroughfare of Quincy Center Wollaston and North Quincy Washington Street enters the city at Fore River Rotary after crossing Weymouth Fore River and continues to Quincy Center ending at Hancock Street Along with Quincy Avenue and Southern Artery other heavily traveled streets include Newport Avenue which parallels Hancock Street to the west on the opposite side of the MBTA railway Adams Street heading west from Quincy Center to Milton and West and East Squantum Streets in the Montclair and North Quincy neighborhoods Other streets are discussed in several of the neighborhood articles listed above Airport edit Boston s Logan International Airport is accessible via MBTA Red Line connections at South Station directly on the MBTA commuter boat see below or by motor vehicle using Interstate 93 or surface roads to the Ted Williams Tunnel MBTA rail and other commuter services edit Subway service is available on the Red Line of the MBTA from four stations in Quincy North Quincy Wollaston Quincy Center and Quincy Adams Commuter rail service operates out of Quincy Center Both services serve South Station in Boston with connections to MBTA Commuter Rail and Amtrak intercity lines Buses are also available for transportation in Quincy including private bus lines and several lines provided by the MBTA Most of the MBTA routes funnel through the Quincy Center station which is the principal hub south of Boston for all MBTA bus lines The southern bus garage for the MBTA system is adjacent to the Quincy Armory on Hancock Street Quincy was a major terminal for the commuter boat system that crosses Boston Harbor to Long Wharf Hull Rowe s Wharf Hingham and Logan Airport The commuter boats which were operated by Harbor Express under license by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority docked at the Fore River Shipyard in Quincy Point 92 Service ended in October 2013 after a water main break damaged the sea wall and wharf Temporary repairs would have cost 15 million permanent repairs 50 million In 2014 the MBTA made the decision to permanently end the service and sell the land 93 Sports editQuincy has had brief flirtations with professional sports The Quincy Chiefs of the minor league Eastern Basketball Association the predecessor to the defunct Continental Basketball Association played a single season in 1977 1978 and were coached and managed by former Boston Celtics executive Leo Papile The Chiefs finished 12 19 in third place and lost in the playoffs to eventual league champion Wilkes Barre Quincy s professional baseball team the Shipbuilders competed in the New England League in 1933 recording a 12 6 record before moving to Nashua midseason a revival of the team played in the NEL from 1941 through to 1944 The final season of the Boston Minutemen of the North American Soccer League was played at Veterans Memorial Stadium in 1976 finishing 7 17 The Real Boston Rams of the soccer 4th division Premier Development League an affiliate club of the New England Revolution played in Veterans Memorial Stadium from 2014 to 2015 In 2019 the Boston Cannons a professional men s field lacrosse team in the Premier Lacrosse League PLL moved their home stadium from Boston to Veterans Memorial Stadium The team played two seasons there before the MLL PLL merger The New England Free Jacks of Major League Rugby moved to Veterans Memorial Stadium in 2021 relocating from Weymouth Quincy has had several football teams in the semi pro Eastern Football League over the years The current club the Quincy Militia played its inaugural season in the EFL in 2009 94 Founded in 2009 by long time Quincy resident Vaughn Driscoll new owners came into the team picture in 2013 Militia games are played July to October with home games at Veterans Memorial Stadium on Saturday nights An earlier team the Quincy Giants played in the minor league Atlantic Coast Football League between 1969 and 1971 Quincy s only college sports program is the Lions of Eastern Nazarene College in the D III Commonwealth Coast Conference of the National Collegiate Athletic Association NCAA and the Eastern College Athletic Conference ECAC Games are played at Bradley Field and the Lahue Physical Education Center on campus or at Adams Field and Veterans Memorial Stadium Quincy s high school sports programs are in the Patriot League 95 the D III Fisher Division Raiders of North Quincy High School and the DIIA Keenan Division Presidents of Quincy High School who are rivals Quincy also hosted the youth baseball Babe Ruth League World Series in 2003 2005 and 2008 High school baseball and Babe Ruth League games are played at Adams Field High school football is played at Veterans Memorial StadiumNotable people editSee also Category People from Quincy Massachusetts Abigail Adams wife of John Adams second President of the United States Abigail Nabby Adams Smith daughter of Abigail and John Brooks Adams noted historian Charles Francis Adams Sr diplomat son of John Quincy Adams Charles Francis Adams Jr Civil War general president of Union Pacific Railroad 1884 1890 Charles Francis Adams III 44th Secretary of the Navy mayor of Quincy Charles Adams 1770 1800 lawyer son of John Adams John Adams Sr father of president John Adams grandfather of president John Quincy Adams John Adams second President of the United States first Vice President founding father of U S John Quincy Adams sixth President of the United States John Quincy Adams II lawyer and politician Louisa Adams wife of John Quincy Adams sixth President of the United States Thomas Boylston Adams Massachusetts Representative justice Paul W Airey first Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force Carl Andre minimalist artist Louis Bell Grammy Award nominated record producer and songwriter Henry Beston writer and naturalist Clara Blandick 1876 1962 actress Auntie Em in The Wizard of Oz Eva Maria Brown 1856 1917 social reformer William R Caddy Medal of Honor recipient Karen Cashman 1994 Winter Olympics speed skating bronze medalist Priscilla Chan philanthropist and spouse of Mark Zuckerberg John Cheever novelist Ken Coleman sportscaster called Boston Red Sox games from 1966 to 1974 and again from 1979 to 1989 Dick Dale surf guitarist 96 Bill Dana comedian famous as Jose Jimenez William Delahunt U S congressman for 10th District Peter Del Vecho Oscar winning producer of Frozen 97 Dick Donovan major league pitcher with the Boston Braves Chicago White Sox and Cleveland Indians Joe Dudek Denver Broncos player college football Hall of Famer and 1985 Heisman Trophy candidate Joseph Dunford 19th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and 36th Commandant of the Marine Corps Billy De Wolfe actor Illeana Douglas actress Esther Grace Earl 1994 2010 Vlogger YouTuber Author Nerdfighter Activist in the Harry Potter Alliance Dick Flavin poet laureate of Boston Red Sox Gwen Gillen artist and sculptor 98 Ruth Gordon Oscar winning actress and screenwriter John Hancock patriot and president of Continental Congress Howard Deering Johnson founder of Howard Johnson s chain John F Keenan State Senator from Norfolk and Plymouth district Pete Kendall offensive lineman for NFL s Washington Redskins Helen Ketola All American Girls Professional Baseball League player Jake Kilrain champion bare knuckles boxer 1859 1937 Adolph Jazz Maffie bookie participant in Great Brink s Robbery James C McConville 40th Chief of Staff of the United States Army and 36th Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Army Sheri McCoy CEO of Avon Ralph McLeod Major League Baseball player Boston Bees Sam Mele Major League Baseball player and manager resided in Quincy while with Boston Red Sox 99 Mike Mitchell actor comedian co host of Doughboys podcast Mike Mottau player for NHL s Boston Bruins Donald Murray Boston Globe columnist Francis Wayland Parker educator Everett P Pope World War II Medal of Honor recipient Mary Pratt All American Girls Professional Baseball League player Dave O Brien sportscaster for ESPN and NESN Dorothy Quincy Hancock Scott socialite wife of John Hancock Edmund Quincy 1628 1698 built Dorothy Quincy House 1685 Edmund Quincy 1681 1737 jurist Edmund Quincy 1703 1788 merchant John Quincy colonel General Court representative and grandfather of Abigail Adams Josiah Quincy II attorney the Patriot newspaper propagandist Josiah Quincy III president of Harvard University 1829 1845 U S Representative 1805 1813 Mayor of Boston 1823 1828 Josiah Quincy Jr Mayor of Boston 1846 1848 built Josiah Quincy Mansion Josiah Quincy General Court representative assistant secretary of the Navy mayor of Boston 1895 1899 Samuel Miller Quincy lawyer historian Civil War soldier 28th Mayor of New Orleans May 5 1865 June 8 1865 Lee Remick Oscar nominated actress William B Rice industrialist and local philanthropist Wilbert Robinson Baseball Hall of Fame player and manager William Rosenberg founder of Dunkin Donuts Esther R Sanger 1926 1995 social worker known as Mother Teresa of South Shore Richard A Stratton former United States Navy officer and prisoner of war Gordon R Sullivan retired United States Army general who served as 32nd U S Army Chief of Staff Charles Sweeney Air Force major general pilot for Nagasaki nuclear attack Pete Varney Major League Baseball catcher for Chicago White Sox Atlanta Braves Lesley Visser Boston Globe journalist and television sportscaster Katharine Augusta Ware 1797 1813 poet and literary magazine editor Solomon Willard builder of the Bunker Hill Monument and creator of first commercial railway in America Walter Zink professional baseball pitcher who played for the New York Giants MrBallen Jonathan B Allen internet personality podcaster philanthropist former US Navy SEAL Gallery edit nbsp President John Adams birthplace nbsp Peacefield residence of four generations of the Adams family nbsp The Josiah Quincy House in Wollaston Park nbsp Tombs of Presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams and their wives in a family crypt beneath the United First Parish Church in Quincy Center nbsp Thomas Crane Public Library nbsp Quincy Quarries Reservation in West Quincy nbsp View of Marina Bay and Boston across Quincy Bay from Wollaston Beach nbsp USS Salem CA 139 site of the United States Naval Shipbuilding Museum nbsp Francis X Bellotti Courthouse nbsp Interior of St John the Baptist Catholic Church nbsp The Massachusetts National Guard s 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