United First Parish Church

A must stop if you are interested in American history. The tour guides were nice and very knowledgeable. Having the ability to be near and touch the tombs of President John Adams and Abigail Adams is beyond words. A wow moment.

We arrived about 30 minutes before the church opened for tours to see the tombs of Presidents John Quincy Adams and John Adams. Luckily, a gentleman let us in and took us through the church, explaining the history and pointing out interesting aspects of the church's construction and history. We saw where John Quincy Adams sat during services and then descended to the basement to see the entombment area. Very impressive experience and definitely worth a visit when in the Quincy area.

WOW. What an experience. One of, if not the best historical locations I have ever visited. Our tour guide was one of the sweetest ladies in Quincy you could ever meet. If you love American history, this is the place to go. They don't prepare you for the emotions you will feel when you see the final resting place of 2 of the greatest Presidents in US history. Very overwhelming emotionally and mentally. Definitely a connection to the past is felt when you lay hands on the crypts of the Adams.

History buff/proud American, this is a must see with John Adams, and John Quincy Adams, tombs in the basement. Our first vice president, second president, and our 6th president, of the USA.

Went midweek after touring the Adams's houses. Great guides inside to explain the backstory of the Adams family in Braintree/Quincy. You can also see the tombs downstairs. Nice little historical stop.

President John Adams donated the money for the granite used to build this beautiful church. He and Abigail, along with their son President John Quincy Adams and his wife Louisa are at eternal rest in the Adams family crypt below the church. The Presidential pew is marked where President John Quincy Adams and his family sat for service. The church member who gave the tour was wonderful. It was a special experience.

My husband and I thoroughly enjoyed our tour. The tour guide, Tom was just wonderful. He was very informative and engaging. He discussed the history of the church and the association to the Adams family.

I had such a lovely experience here that I was compelled to leave a raving review. Visiting such an historic place so close to Independence Day was breathtaking in itself, but my tour guide Joan was absolutely amazing. I arrived 30 minutes before close, and she made sure I still received a very informative tour, despite bad timing on my end. She was so nice and very informative! Great visit and would 100% recommend!

Tonight was a special event to see and listen to Two Most Prominent Historians besides being Distinguished Authors and a Pulitzer Prize Winner Gordon S. Wood and Friederike Baer on stage with insights and discussions about Ken Burns on the Series "THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION " six part 12 hour Documentary! Who also appeared in the Series who advised the Production! It was a very informative Lecture and they also took questions from the audience! After you could go down to the Crypt to see JOHN QUINCY ADAMS final resting plot!

So I was here earlier tonight for a Boston Cares volunteer event. In the basement of the church, they run the "prison book program." Pretty fun volunteer work where you fill requests from prisoners around the country for books they want to read. Anyway, that's not why I'm reviewing this church.... As we were finishing up, the woman who runs the program said she wanted to take us on a tour of the church. My first thought, "I've seen my fair share of churches while traveling. I get it." But I go, so as not to be rude, and she walks us down a hallway in the basement, just a few feet from where we were packing books, and she opens up a short little gate and we walk into a tiny room. It's a burial site with four tombs: John Adams, Abigail Adams, John Quincy Adams and Louisa Catherine Adams! Apparently, it's the only place in the country where two dead presidents are buried together. And they are just a few stops on the red line away from most of us! We also went upstairs into the main area of the church, which was beautiful and intimate, and sat in the Adams pew. The church has been around since 1828. Check it out.

I've come here for two services now with my husband, and I've enjoyed each one so far. Congregation and pastor (interim) are friendly, and all are so open to talk about anything. It's not restrictive and you don't have to feel that you need to conform to anything new...this church just allows you to explore and live life as one normally should with a sense of direction. I was raised with the Hindu faith, and fell off of that religious path years ago. Before meeting my husband who comes from the Brethren faith, I wanted to come to a Unitarian service to see if it would be something I would be interested in. I like the congregation, and so does my husband. :)

I was named after Abigail Adams. She and her husband, John, are probably the two people I respect most in history. They were amazing people. With that being said, Karen (the tour guide) was extremely disrespectful. She was in a church and basically in a cemetery. NOT the time to spread political propaganda. All she talked about the entire time was how horrible men are and how wonderful women are. All she talked about was feminism, how horrible their husbands were, and even called John Quincy Adams a "slob in his appearance who only won because of his wife and who thought himself her master." In the church, she made a huge deal out of how much better behaved the women were than men. I'm deeply saddened by Karen's lack of respect.

A-M-A-Z-I-N-G!!! We came in to take the tour because we had to wait for the next movie to start at the Adams National Park site. The ranger said we should check it out and we did. Wow! We took the tour and got to sit in the Adams' box while our guide explained the Adams connection to the church and the plaques on the wall. We went down into the basement and saw a model of what the church looked like years ago. Our guide took us around the corner and showed us the graves which were behind iron bars. He talked a bit about why they were here and then surprised us all by swinging open the door and saying, "now we will go in." WHAT?! This is unheard of. Getting to be that close to a president living or dead is not something you can do in this country. My whole family was speechless and honored to be in that room. Go see this! And donate to the church! They are not supported by the National Park Service, except for having park rangers telling you to go there.

As a visitor: stunning place to visit to round out your experience of the Adams presidents. Visit their tombs in the crypt. Going to church: Very welcoming, thoughtful, almost non-churchy atmosphere, suitable for folks of most faiths, but only if you're fairly liberal and humane. Minister Rev Sheldon Bennett is well worth listening to.

Beautiful, historic "Church of the Presidents" where the presidents and First Ladies Adams are buried and where Mr. and Mrs. John Quincy Adams worshipped. Currently Unitarian Universalist and still active. Wonderful tour guide. Had a fantastic time.