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Contact: Jim Roberts, 617-566-7937
Brookline, MA –Due to renovations and exhibit maintenance, John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site will remain closed in 2020. Renovations are expected to be completed by late Spring 2021. The house will not be open for tours while the renovations are underway. Once installed, the new visitor center will provide a wheelchair lift for access to the ground floor, an accessible restroom, and improved retail space.
During the closure, John Fitzgerald Kennedy NHS may be explored virtually through the site’s website: www.nps.gov/jofi. Visitors can access the site film “The Shaping of a President: The First Home of John F. Kennedy”. The film is twelve and a half minutes long and available in English, French, German, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish. Visitors can also access three distinct virtual tours; “Rose Kennedy House Tour,” “Ranger Jason’s House Tour,” and a Kennedy “Neighborhood Tour” of North Brookline. The “Rose Kennedy House Tour” is available in English, French, German, Japanese, and Spanish. As the summer progresses, we plan to add more options for visitors to engage with the site remotely. Check our website, Facebook, and Instagram for updates.
A self-guided tour of the neighborhood is also included in the site brochure and identifies nearby Brookline sites associated with the Kennedy family. For more information, please call (617) 566-7937, visit us online at www.nps.gov/jofi, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/jfkennedynhs, or on Instagram at www.instagram.com/JFKennedyNPS.
John Fitzgerald Kennedy NHS preserves the birthplace (1917) and early boyhood home of the 35th president of the United States. The modest house was the first home shared by the president’s parents, Joseph P. and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy. John, the second of nine children, spent his formative years in Brookline as his family began its rise to national prominence. In 1966, Mrs. Kennedy returned to 83 Beals Street to commemorate her son’s life, restoring the birthplace to her recollection of its 1917 appearance.
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Last updated: August 11, 2020