Quincy House (Brookland)

	Quincy House (Brookland) Quincy House may refer to: * Quincy House (Harvard), a residential house at Harvard * Quincy House (U.S. Ambassador residence), the U.S. ambassador's residence in Riyadh * Josiah Quincy House, a National Historic Landmark home built by Josiah Quincy * Quincy House (Boston, Massachusetts) The Quincy House was a hotel in downtown Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Located on the corner of Brattle Street and Brattle Square in the neighborhood of Scollay Square, it was in operation for most of the 19th and early 20th centuries, ..., a former hotel in downtown Boston * Quincy House (Brookland), a notable residence in Washington, DC. * Dorothy Quincy Homestead, Quincy, Massachusetts, a U.S. National Historic Landmark {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Quincy House (Harvard) Quincy House is one of twelve undergraduate residential Houses at Harvard University, located on Plympton Street between Harvard Yard and the Charles River. The second largest of the twelve undergraduate houses, Quincy House was named after Josiah Quincy III (1772–1864), president of Harvard from 1829 to 1845. Quincy House's official counterpart at Yale University is Branford College. House colors are red, gold, and black, and the House's seal in those colors is emblazoned on a wall of the dining hall wing facing the House's main courtyard. In 2005, Quincy House adopted the penguin as its official mascot. Its residents, nicknamed "penguins" after the mascot, live in the house during their sophomore through senior years. History Officially opened in September 1959, Quincy House symbolized the "new" Harvard. As a part of the Edward Harkness bequest, it was the first House to be built after construction of the original seven river Houses. Three buildings currently house Quincy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Quincy House (U Quincy House may refer to: * Quincy House (Harvard), a residential house at Harvard * Quincy House (U.S. Ambassador residence), the U.S. ambassador's residence in Riyadh * Josiah Quincy House The Josiah Quincy House , located at 20 Muirhead Street in the Wollaston neighborhood of Quincy, Massachusetts, was the country home of Revolutionary War soldier Colonel Josiah Quincy I, the first in a line of six men named Josiah Quincy that ..., a National Historic Landmark home built by Josiah Quincy * Quincy House (Boston, Massachusetts), a former hotel in downtown Boston * Quincy House (Brookland), a notable residence in Washington, DC. * Dorothy Quincy Homestead, Quincy, Massachusetts, a U.S. National Historic Landmark {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Josiah Quincy House The Josiah Quincy House , located at 20 Muirhead Street in the Wollaston neighborhood of Quincy, Massachusetts, was the country home of Revolutionary War soldier Colonel Josiah Quincy I, the first in a line of six men named Josiah Quincy that included three Boston mayors and a president of Harvard University. History Having inherited the land from father Edmund, Josiah built his mansion on a farm called the "Lower Farm," which had been in the family since 1635.Information provided by the Eastern Nazarene CollegeHistory of the Babcock Arboretum, published in 2003, written by Gerry Wood founder. Found in the Nease Library, Reference Section. The house was built in 1770 and was originally surrounded by fields and pasture overlooking Quincy Bay. It is constructed with an unusual hipped monitor roof, the oldest known example of this roof style to survive from the original colonies, and includes a Chinese fretwork balustrade and classical portico. Its attic contains four small room ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Quincy House (Boston, Massachusetts) The Quincy House was a hotel in downtown Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Located on the corner of Brattle Street and Brattle Square in the neighborhood of Scollay Square, it was in operation for most of the 19th and early 20th centuries, before it was closed in 1929. It was the largest hotel in Boston in the late 19th century, and was a popular destination for prominent guests to the city. It also served as a major headquarters for labor unions in Boston. History The original Quincy House was built in the early 1800s, on the site of the first Quaker meeting house in Boston."Mayor Couldn't Get Into Quincy House." ''Boston Daily Globe.'' 19 September 1956: p. 36. The hotel was built with Quincy granite, making it the first building in Boston to be constructed with that material. Over the course of the 19th century the hotel received several renovations and additions, the most extensive expansion occurring in c. 1885. By the end of the 19th century, the building reached seve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Quincy House (Brookland) Quincy House may refer to: * Quincy House (Harvard), a residential house at Harvard * Quincy House (U.S. Ambassador residence), the U.S. ambassador's residence in Riyadh * Josiah Quincy House, a National Historic Landmark home built by Josiah Quincy * Quincy House (Boston, Massachusetts) The Quincy House was a hotel in downtown Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Located on the corner of Brattle Street and Brattle Square in the neighborhood of Scollay Square, it was in operation for most of the 19th and early 20th centuries, ..., a former hotel in downtown Boston * Quincy House (Brookland), a notable residence in Washington, DC. * Dorothy Quincy Homestead, Quincy, Massachusetts, a U.S. National Historic Landmark {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]