I'd always thought it a bit odd that the name of the site is Adams National Historic Park, and not John Adams or John Quincy Adams or a combination. But now I understand why; a fair bit of the tour of the old house - the home both men retied to, which remained in the family until given to the NPS - is actually focused beyond those two men.
The Adams NHP is actually two sites (plus a visitor center). The first site is the birthplaces of both presidents Adams. It's very nice that they've been preserved, and they're interesting for their history - but not much beyond that; they're sparsely furnished with reproductions. The highlight then is the Old House, which contains four generations of collected furniture, paintings, books, and _house_, and is much easier to envision as it was used, as a result.
The trolley - which takes everyone from the visitor center to the two sites, and back again - makes for an easy site to visit in spite of the urban location.
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