Kennedy Compound
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Kennedy Compound
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Main house of the Kennedy Compound (1972).
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| Location | 100 Marchant Avenue Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, U.S. |
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| Coordinates | 41°37′47.928″N 70°18′8.4954″W / 41.62998000°N 70.302359833°WCoordinates: 41°37′47.928″N 70°18′8.4954″W / 41.62998000°N 70.302359833°W |
| Area | 6 acres (24,000 m²) |
| Built | 1904 |
| Architectural style | Clapboard |
| Part of | Hyannis Port Historic District (#87000259) |
| NRHP Reference # | 72001302 |
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| Added to NRHP | November 28, 1972 |
| Designated NHLD | November 28, 1972 |
| Designated CP | November 10, 1987 |
The Kennedy Compound consists of three houses on six acres (24,000 m²) of waterfront property on Cape Cod along Nantucket Sound in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, United States. It was once the home of American businessman and political figure Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr., his wife Rose, and two of their sons, President John F. Kennedy and Senator Robert F. Kennedy. Their youngest son, Senator Ted Kennedy, lived in his parents' house, and it was his main residence from 1982 to 2009. He died of brain cancer at the compound in August 2009.
Ted Kennedy also bought President Kennedy's house from his daughter, Caroline Kennedy. This house now belongs to Ted Kennedy, Jr.
President Kennedy used the compound as a base for his successful 1960 U.S. Presidential campaign and later as a summer White House and presidential retreat until his assassination in November 1963. In 2012, the main house was donated to the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate.
In 1926 Joseph P. Kennedy rented a summer cottage at 50 Marchant Avenue in Hyannis Port. Two years later, he purchased the structure, which had been erected in 1904, and enlarged and remodeled it to suit his family's needs. In and around this house, their nine children spent their summers, acquiring a lifelong interest in sailing and other competitive activities.
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