A Trip Down the U.S. East Coast By Way of the Kennedy Family Homes

This write-up was at first posted in Architectural Digest.

1 of America’s most well-known broods, the Kennedy relatives has fascinated the general public for many years not only for its affect on politics but also for its glamorous life-style and spectacular residences. From the Kennedy Compound in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, to Hickory Hill in McLean, Virginia, the Kennedy clan has owned some of the country’s most famous households, many of which have develop into historic landmarks. Browse on to tour the family’s most legendary residences, including the birthplace of a future president, an Addison Mizner–designed Palm Seaside retreat, a 19th-century town dwelling in Georgetown, and the White Property.

83 Beals Avenue, Brookline, MA

Joseph and Rose Kennedy moved into a Colonial Revival household at 83 Beals Street in Brookline, Massachusetts, in 1914. The modern-day (for the time) house was designed in 1909 and equipped with indoor plumbing, gasoline, electricity, and steam heat. On May well 29, 1917, their 2nd son, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, was born in an upstairs bed room, and the upcoming president would expend the initial a few a long time of his existence living in the house. The Kennedy family repurchased the house in 1966, and Rose Kennedy restored it to how it would have looked in 1917. In 1967 the residence was selected a nationwide historic web-site. 

51 Abbottsford Road, Brookline, MA