A Washington, D.C. home formerly owned by John F. Kennedy and Jackie Kennedy has sold for over $6 million.
Built around 1811 and known as the Marbury House, the home has changed hands many times, but was most notably purchased by the famous couple in 1957 while JFK was a senator. It was the first home they purchased in Washington, D.C., prior to JFK’s presidential run.
Featuring a rose red brick facade with deep green shutters, the 5,215-square-foot home has five bedrooms and five full bathrooms plus one partial. There is a sprawling parlor, a library, and a spacious garden, as well as a one-car garage with two parking spaces.
The multi-story house features architectural details from the Federal period in which it was built, including high ceilings, proportion, and light, as noted by listing agent Michael Rankin of Sotheby’s International Realty.
Initially listed in October 2025 for $7.5 million, the home was sold May 12 for $6.125 million.
While residing there in D.C’s Georgetown neighborhood, the couple — who wed in 1953 — welcomed daughter Caroline in 1957 and son JFK Jr. in 1960.
During the 1960 presidential election, the home would become an integral part of JFK’s campaign. As Rankin noted, “Advisors came and went through the gracious doorway; decisions about Cabinet appointees were considered in the front rooms; and, on winter mornings, the President-elect stepped onto the porch to share announcements with the press gathered along the brick sidewalks.”
Rankin also said in the listing, “Jacqueline, who possessed a discerning aesthete, reimagined the interiors several times by shaping the double living room into a warm, polished salon where she hosted political teas and small gatherings that subtly advanced her husbands presidential prospects.”
It’s been previously reported in the 2000 book Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis: A Life that the couple paid $82,000 for the home and spent another $18,000 renovating it.
On the morning of January 20, 1961, the couple departed the home to attend JFK’s inauguration and subsequently moved into the White House.
The Georgetown house then changed hands multiple times, though its character and integrity have been preserved.
However, the Kennedys weren’t the first prominent family to own the home.
It was commissioned by William Marbury, a well-known Georgetown financier and Federalist who was also the namesake of the landmark Supreme Court case Marbury v. Madison.
