Fire Destroys Massachusetts Mansion Once Owned by Descendant of President John Adams

Fire Destroys Massachusetts Mansion Once Owned by Descendant of President John Adams
A mansion ablaze in Concord, Mass., on Dec. 27, 2019. WCVB-TV via AP
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A Massachusetts mansion that was once the home of a descendant of two U.S. presidents was destroyed in a fire on Dec. 27.

Charles Francis Adams III owned the Concord property until 1952, according to Massachusetts Land Records. Adams was the great-grandson of John Quincy Adams, the sixth U.S. President, and the great-great-grandson of John Adams, the nation’s second president.