The Kennedy Compound consists of three houses on six acres (2.4 hectares) of waterfront property in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts on Cape Cod.

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.

[8] In and around this house, their nine children spent their summers and early autumns,[9] acquiring a lifelong interest in sailing and other competitive activities.

Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin wrote that in Cohasset, "Irish Catholics were still looked down upon by the reigning Protestant (WASP) establishment.

Joseph Sr.'s home, the Main House and the largest of the three, is surrounded by well-tended lawns and gardens and it commands sweeping views of Nantucket Sound from its long porches.

There are two circular driveways with flagpoles standing in the middle, a boathouse and several large stretches of lawn area where many of the family touch football games were played.