John Adam Street

Names

  • John Street
  • John Adam Street

Street/Area/District

  • John Adam Street

Descriptions

from Lockie's Topography of London, by John Lockie (1810)

John-Street, Adam-Street, Adelphi,—three doors on the R. from 72, Strand, it is continued by Duke-st. to Villiers-st.

from A Topographical Dictionary of London and Its Environs, by James Elmes (1831)

John-St., Adelphi, is about three houses on the right hand from the Strand. It derives its name from John Adams, one of the three brothers who were architects to the Adelphi.—[See Adelphi.

from London Past and Present: Its History, Associations, and Traditions, by Henry Benjamin Wheatley and Peter Cunningham (1891)

John Street, Adelphi, so called from John Adam, one of the brothers Adam, architects of the Adelphi. He was a friend of David Hume, and father of the Chief Commissioner Adam so frequently mentioned in the Life of Scott. No. 18 in this street is the house of the Society of Arts.