Quincy, Mass. Historical and Architectural Survey

105 Adams Street (Children's Developmental Disabilities Center)

HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE
The Children's Developmental Disabilities Center at 105 Adams Street is a division of the Cerebral Palsy Association of the South Shore. It is a nonprofit agency that serves the needs of multi-handicapped children and adults. A plaque at the right of the door reads: "This facility is designated the Arthur Ciampa Building, March 26, 1983, champion for the rights of the cerebral palsied and their families."

Number 105 Adams Street is located on the site of the John J. Carr house, built 1832-1835. The original Carr property was comprised of both 101 and 105 Street and Carr's widow, Charlotte, was still living there in 1876. Although the house was recycled into a commercial property in the late 1950's, it was demolished in 1978.

BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES
Assessors-Records.
Atlas of the city of Quincy, 1907.
Atlas of the City of Quincy, 1923.
Paul Robert Lyons. Quincy: A Pictorial History, 1983, p. 204.
Quincy City Directories, 1878-9.
Quincy Historical Society Records.

ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE:
Map research indicates that this one story building was built in the first decade of the 20th century, however its exterior-indicates the 1950s and 1980s, years when the structure was enlarged and altered. It is a simple modern design with an asymmetric facade composed of smooth surfaces, two double single pane windows and one quadruple single pane window without ornamentation and a prominent sign on a plane made up of diagonal wood slats indicating its function. It relates well to its neighbor on the south, the Eye Health Services Building, 101 Adams Street. It is part of the Quincy Center Local Historic District.

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