{"nrhp_refnum":"72001302","name":"Kennedy Compound","other_names":["Homes of Joseph P.,John F., and Robert F. Kennedy"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Irving and Marchant Aves.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Hyannis Port","county":"Barnstable County","state":"MA","lat":41.630105746000055,"lon":-70.30221569825706,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1972-11-28","is_nhl":true,"nhl_designated_date":"1973-05-31","areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A district of about six acres of waterfront property on Nantucket Sound at Irving and Marchant Avenues, Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, holding three white frame clapboarded vacation homes. The main house dates to 1904 and was enlarged after 1929.","why_significant":"The compound was the home base of John F. Kennedy's 1960 presidential campaign and served as the Summer White House in 1961. It also illustrates the early years of the Kennedy family, who spent summers there between 1926 and 1963. The Joseph P. Kennedy house is the central feature, with the homes of John and Robert Kennedy adding to its significance.","narrative":"Three white frame clapboarded houses on about six acres beside Nantucket Sound make up this Hyannis Port compound, typical of Cape Cod vacation homes. The largest belonged to Joseph P. Kennedy, who rented the 1904 cottage in 1926, bought it in 1929 and greatly enlarged it. His children spent their summers there, learning to sail and taking part in competitive activities. John F. Kennedy bought a smaller house on Irving Avenue in 1956, and Robert Kennedy acquired a house adjoining both properties. The compound was John Kennedy's base during the 1960 presidential campaign and served as the Summer White House in 1961, though security and privacy problems later led him to stay in nearby Squaw Island homes. The main house was the center of family activity for most summers from 1926 to 1963 and has changed little since. The three properties together are treated as one historic property because of their place in the political history of the 1950s and 1960s.","period_of_significance":"20th Century (1926-1963 discussed in text)","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"White frame clapboarded structures typical of Cape Cod vacation homes","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition is listed as excellent and unaltered, in use as private residences; the main house has changed little structurally or in furnishings since the President's association with it.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:53.568168-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/31/7936/63793631/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/72001302_NHL.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72001302/925a105168-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72001302/925a105168-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Francesca.hyanna19","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kennedy_Compound,_Hyannis_Port.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Francesca.hyanna19</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kennedy_Compound,_Hyannis_Port.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"87000259","name":"Hyannis Port Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/massachusetts/hyannis-port-historic-district-87000259/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63793631","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kennedy_Compound","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6389603"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/barnstable-county/kennedy-compound-72001302/"}