Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-110

§410eee–2 Adams National Historical Park

Title 16 › CHAPTER 1 — NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › SUBCHAPTER LIX–CC — ADAMS NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK › § 410eee–2

Last updated Sep 23, 2026|Official source

Summary

Creates Adams National Historical Park in Quincy, Massachusetts to protect places tied to John Adams, Abigail Adams, John Quincy Adams, and Louisa Adams. The park includes all lands the National Park Service managed as part of the Adams National Historic Site on November 2, 1998, plus lands previously approved for that site as shown on the map titled “Adams National Historical Park”, NERO 386/80,000, dated April 1998, and any lands later approved by this law or other laws after November 2, 1998. The Secretary may buy up to 10 acres near the mapped area for visitor, office, museum, curatorial, and maintenance buildings. The park map is kept on file and can be seen by the public at the proper National Park Service offices.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §410eee–2

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(a)Establishment

In order to preserve for the benefit and inspiration of the people of the United States as a national historical park certain properties in Quincy, Massachusetts, associated with John Adams, second President of the United States, his wife, Abigail Adams, John Quincy Adams, sixth President of the United States, and his wife, Louisa Adams, there is established the Adams National Historical Park as a unit of the National Park System.

(b)Boundaries

The historical park shall be comprised of the following:

(1)All property administered by the National Park Service in the Adams National Historic Site as of November 2, 1998, as well as all property previously authorized to be acquired by the Secretary for inclusion in the Adams National Historic Site, as generally depicted on the map entitled “Adams National Historical Park”, numbered NERO 386/80,000, and dated April 1998.

(2)All property authorized to be acquired for inclusion in the historical park by this subchapter or other law enacted after November 2, 1998.

(c)Visitor and administrative sites

To preserve the historical character and landscape of the main features of the historical park, the Secretary may acquire up to 10 acres for the development of visitor, administrative, museum, curatorial, and maintenance facilities adjacent to or in the general proximity of the property depicted on the map identified in subsection (b)(1)(A).

(d)Map

The map of the historical park shall be on file and available for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the National Park Service.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 410eee–2

Title 16, Conservation

Last Updated

Sep 23, 2026

Release point: 119-110