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unusual facts about Adams Avenue


Adams Avenue

the Shelby County Courthouse on, Adams Avenue designed by James Gamble Rogers; and the Woodruff-Fontaine House.



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Grant City, Staten Island

Many of the streets are named after historical figures such as Lincoln Ave (after President Abraham Lincoln), Fremont Ave (after General John C. Fremont who was the first Republican candidate for President, as well as a Staten Island resident, in 1856), Adams Avenue (after President John Adams), Colfax Ave (after Abraham Lincoln's first Vice President)and Greeley Ave (after newspaper editor Horace Greeley).

Matthias Harvey Baldwin

Woodruff-Fontaine House (1870–1871) with E.C. Jones, Adams Avenue, Memphis.