Adams Academy

Historical marker location:

8 Adams Street, Quincy, Massachusetts

( Marker is at the intersection of Adams Street and Hancock Street, on the right when traveling east on Adams Street.)

Marker installed: 1994

Built 1871.

The Great Boston Fire of 1872 was one of the most destructive fires in American history. It destroyed 65 acres of downtown Boston, including 776 buildings and caused $73.5 million in damage (equivalent to over $1.5 billion today).