Kennedy Compound

Kennedy Compound
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark District
U.S. Historic district Contributing property
The Kennedy Compound in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts in 2021
Location of the Kennedy Compound in Massachusetts
Location	50 Marchant Avenue Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, U.S.
Coordinates	41°37′47.928″N 70°18′8.4954″W / 41.62998000°N 70.302359833°W / 41.62998000; -70.302359833
Area	6 acres (24,000 m²)
Built	1904
Architectural style	Clapboard
Part of	Hyannis Port Historic District (ID87000259)
NRHP reference No.	72001302[1]
Significant dates
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 (2.4 hectares) of waterfront property on Cape Cod along Nantucket Sound in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, in the United States. It was once the home of Joseph P. Kennedy, an American businessman, investor, politician, and U.S. ambassador to the United Kingdom; his wife, Rose; and their children, including U.S. President John F. Kennedy and U.S. Senators Robert F. Kennedy and Edward M. Kennedy. As an adult, the youngest son, Edward, lived in his parents' house, and it was his primary residence from 1982 until he died of brain cancer at the compound, in August 2009.^[2]

Purchased in 1928, the compound became the place that the Kennedy family most associated with home.^[3][4]

John F. 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. In 2012, the main house was donated to the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate.^[5] As of 2020, Robert Kennedy's widow Ethel lives in their home adjacent to the main house.