Quincy, Mass. Historical and Architectural Survey

200 Adams Street

HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE
Number 200 Adams Street is only a property or two away from the western boundary of the Quincy Center Local Historic District. It is featured in a recent Quincy architectural poster as an outstanding example of the contemporary style. The house was built in 1974 at a cost of $75,000 for owner Roland Haule. The Boston architects were Johnson (E. Verner) and Robert N. Hotvedt & Associates Inc., these particular principals in partnership from 1968 to 1978.

BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES
Assessors Records.
Building Permit.

ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE:
Sited amidst Colonial Revival residences and Tudor Revival houses, this modern house with its jagged profile stands out prominently not only for its contemporary look but also because of its uniqueness. The irregular crisp massing, the planar clapboard forms, the geometric shapes and wide openings contrasting with solids are all outgrowth elements of the "Intertnational Style"; yet, the choice of stained clapboards relieved with white trim gives the house a sense of attachment to the land and of continuity to the area's regional architecture. It is a fine example of modern residential architecture.

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