The Weymouth Meeting House Historic District encompasses one of the oldest sections of Weymouth, Massachusetts. This area, centered on a cluster of properties near Church, East, Green, North, and Norton Streets, includes the city's oldest cemetery (the North Cemetery, established c. 1636), the site of its first meeting house, the 1833 church of its first congregation, the birthplace of presidential wife and mother Abigail Adams, and the John Adams School, Weymouth's oldest surviving schoolhouse. The area was the center of Weymouth until 1723, and then North Weymouth until 1833.[2]
Weymouth Meeting House Historic District | |
 First Church in Weymouth (1833) | |
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| Location | Weymouth, Massachusetts |
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| Coordinates | 42°13′48″N 70°56′38″W / 42.23000°N 70.94389°W |
| Area | 31 acres (13 ha) |
| NRHP reference No. | 10001007 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | December 13, 2010 |
The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.[1]
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edit- ^ a b "National Register Actions 12/13/10 through 12/17/10". National Park Service. Retrieved March 5, 2014.
- ^ "NRHP nomination for Weymouth Meeting House Historic District". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved March 5, 2014.