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Downtown Quincy Center
Downtown Quincy Center
Downtown Quincy Center
Legal Seafoods
Downtown Quincy Center
Downtown Quincy Center
City Hall
Downtown Quincy Center
The Townshend
The Townshend
Thomas Crane Public Library
The Townshend
Marriott Hotel
Thomas Crane Public Library
Thomas Crane Public Library
Thomas Crane Public Library
Thomas Crane Public Library
Thomas Crane Public Library
Crown Colony Park
Adams National Historic Park
Adams National Historic Park
Adams National Historic Park
Adams National Historic Park
Adams National Historic Park
Blue Hills Reservation
Adams National Historic Park
Blue Hills Reservation
The Cheesecake Factory
Bay Pointe Waterfront Restaurant
Blue Hills Reservation
Bay Pointe Waterfront Restaurant
Bay Pointe Waterfront Restaurant
Bay Pointe Waterfront Restaurant
Anchan House of Thai Food
Bay Pointe Waterfront Restaurant
Bay Pointe Waterfront Restaurant
Tufts Medical Center
Tufts Medical Center
Tufts Medical Center
Dental Associates
Tufts Medical Center
Tufts Medical Center
Quincy Adams Station
Tufts Medical Center
ClearChoice Dental Implants
ClearChoice Dental Implants
ClearChoice Dental Implants
ClearChoice Dental Implants
BJ's
ClearChoice Dental Implants
Home Depot
Home Depot
ClearChoice Dental Implants
Home Depot
HISTORY
The City of Quincy’s rich history includes a unique granite legacy dating back to the 1800’s. Elevation is located on the site of what was the Quincy Quarry.
Quincy granite came to prominence in the 1820’s when the designer of the Bunker Hill Monument selected Quincy’s unique and high-quality granite for this momentous work. To transport the granite to Charlestown, the Granite Railroad (one of the first in the U.S.) was built. Over the next 50 years dozens of quarries opened in Quincy supplying granite for a building boom that stretched from New York to New Orleans.
Today the quarries have been filled in and the Quincy Quarry Reservation stands as a popular spot for rock climbing and picnicking. In Quincy Center, you will also find the Granite Ball Monument, a 9.5-ton polished granite sphere, gifted to the city by the Granite Manufacturers Association in 1925 to commemorate the city’s 300th year of settlement.
