{"nrhp_refnum":"87000259","name":"Hyannis Port Historic District","other_names":["See Also:Kennedy Compound"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Massachusetts Ave. & Edgehill Rd., Hyannis Ave., Hyannis Harbor, and Scudder Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Barnstable","county":"Barnstable County","state":"MA","lat":41.63222550000003,"lon":-70.30296636750498,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1987-11-10","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement","Politics/Government","Architecture","Maritime History"],"significance_levels":["national","state","local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A residential historic district in Hyannis Port, the southernmost part of the village of Hyannis in Barnstable, Massachusetts. It includes 149 main buildings and 58 outbuildings, mostly wood-frame houses from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with some 18th-century examples.","why_significant":"The district is significant mainly for its planned development as a seaside summer resort, begun by the Hyannis Land Co. in 1871-72. It also reflects the area's 18th-century settlement and later maritime connections. Its houses show a range of styles, and it was home to prominent summer residents, including the Kennedy family, whose compound is a National Historic Landmark.","narrative":"Hyannis Port is a densely built neighborhood at the southern end of Hyannis, between Hyannis Harbor and Centerville Harbor, with wide views over the harbor toward Nantucket Sound. The district holds 149 main buildings and 58 outbuildings, mostly small wood-frame houses on irregular, curving streets. Settled in the early 18th century by farming families, it later turned to boatbuilding, seafaring and saltmaking. Its character changed after 1871-72, when the Hyannis Land Co. assembled about 1,000 acres, laid out streets and lots, and built a hotel and speculative cottages to attract summer visitors. The company failed financially by 1879, but the area grew into a favored summer colony. Surviving buildings range from Federal-period Cape cottages to Queen Anne, Shingle, Colonial Revival and Arts and Crafts houses, some with windmills. The Kennedy family compound, a National Historic Landmark, lies within the district boundaries.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Mixed styles, mainly Queen Anne, Shingle Style, Colonial Revival and Arts and Crafts, with earlier Georgian/Federal Cape cottages and Greek Revival, Gothic Revival and Mansard examples","criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":"Condition is described as good to excellent; use is residential, with a handful of shops, churches and clubhouses.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:01.844058-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/1/7892/63789201/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/87000259.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87000259/26b4cd29fa-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87000259/26b4cd29fa-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"John Phelan","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Union_Chapel,_Hyannis_Port_MA.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">John Phelan</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Union_Chapel,_Hyannis_Port_MA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63789201","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyannis_Port_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5952775"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/barnstable-county/hyannis-port-historic-district-87000259/"}