Presidents’ Crypt Gets State Reprieve

The church crypt containing the remains of father and son Presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams will reopen despite earlier concerns that it would be closed to visitors for lack of money. Secretary of State William F. Galvin, who also is chairman of the state Historical Commission, said he will grant $15,000 to the United First Parish in Quincy, Mass., to continue to maintain the crypt. The church was built in 1828 and contains the remains of John Adams and his wife, Abigail, and John Quincy Adams and his wife, Louisa Catherine. The grant will allow the church, also known as Church of the Presidents, to reopen the crypt to visitors as soon as May 1.