존 F. 케네디와 재클린 케네디 부부가 백악관으로 이주하기 전 살았던 워싱턴 DC 조지타운의 타운하우스( 3307 N Street NW)가 645만 달러에 매물로 다시 나왔다. 이 집은 지난해 10월 750만 달러에 나왔다가 팔리지 않아 가격이 인하됐다. 

 

 

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붉은 벽돌의 페더럴 양식으로 지어진 3층 짜리 주택은 원래 1812년 금융가이자 존 아담스의 측근 윌리엄 마버리를 위해 지어진 집이다. 케네디 부부는 이 주택을 8만 2천 달러에 매입해 1958년 갓 태어난 딸 캐롤라인과 함께 입주, 1960년 JFK 주니어가 태어났으며, JFK가 대통령에 취임한 1961년 1월까지 살았다. 

 

 

 

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총 5천215평방피트(약 146평)에 달하는 이 저택은 5베드룸, 5.5 배스룸에 벽난로가 있으며, 프렌치 도어가 설치된 패티오에선 10여명이 식사를 할 수 있다. 재키 케네디는 디자이너 시스터 패리시(Sister Parish)를 고용해 루이 15세 양식의 안락의자와 각종 골동품 가구들로 집안을 꾸몄다. 당시 리모델링 비용은 1만 8천 달러가 소요되었다.

 

1960년 JFK의 대선 캠페인 기간 동안 이 집은 정치 고문들과의 회의를 위한 거점 역할을 했다. 대통령 당선인 신분이었던 JFK는 종종 집 앞 계단에서 언론을 상대로 공식 발표를 했다. 

 

 

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3307 N Street NW, Washington, DC, 20007

 

The Marbury House, built circa 1811, 3307 N Street NW, Washington, D.C. is one of Georgetown’s most notable houses.  Its pedigree bridges the early Republic and the Kennedy Camelot era. Commissioned by William Marbury who was a prominent Georgetown financier, staunch Federalist, and the namesake of the landmark Supreme Court case Marbury v. Madison, the residence embodies the style and grace of Federal architecture while carrying an exceptional historical lineage.

 

The façade is classic and timeless with rose-red brick laid in balanced courses and symmetrically aligned sash windows with deep green shutters.  There is a centered entry crowned by a delicate fanlight and a refined cornice that completes the composition. Eschewing ostentation, the design favors proportion, light, and restraint which are all hallmarks of the Federal style that make the home as elegant today as it was two centuries ago. The interior floor plan welcomes one with a gracious stair hall, high ceilings, and double parlor with large scaled spaces conceived for conversation, music, and entertaining. Further is the elegant dining with access to the generous and lovely gardens. The upper floors proved five bedrooms, numerous full baths, a library and an easily accessible walk up attic with high ceilings and windows.  The lower floor is well suited for staff with a private entrance.  Additionally, the property is enhanced by a one-car garage and two surface parking spaces.

 

William Marbury’s ownership anchors the home in the nation’s formative years. A trusted figure in John Adams’ Federalist circle, Marbury served in key financial and civic roles in the capital’s infancy. His legal battle in Marbury v. Madison (1803) established the doctrine of judicial review, making his name synonymous with the balance of powers.  Thus, a distinction few American residences can claim. In this house, politics, finance, and the social life of early Washington intertwined, giving the property a provenance as substantive as its architecture.

 

More than a century later, the house welcomed another chapter of American history when Senator John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy made it their Washington residence. Purchased in late 1957, 3307 N Street was the couple’s first owned home in the city.  It was a setting for young family life and rising national political ambitions. Their daughter Caroline and, in 1960, John F. Kennedy Jr. were born during this period. 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 husband’s presidential prospects.

 

During the 1960 campaign and transition, the townhouse became an informal nerve center. 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. On January 20, 1961, John and Jacqueline Kennedy departed this door for inaugural ceremonies. An indelible moment that fixed the house in the nation’s visual memory. Soon after, the property returned to private stewardship and it’s essential character preserved.

 

Today, the William Marbury House offers what sophisticated buyers prize most: architectural integrity, enduring materials, large gardens spaces, ample parking and a storied address at the core of Georgetown’s village life. It is a home that has hosted statesmen and young families alike, where measured elegance frames modern living and where every arrival walks through a doorway shared by figures who shaped American history.

https://www.sothebysrealty.com/eng/sales/detail/180-l-905-rbzkbb/3307-n-street-nw-georgetown-washington-dc-20007

 

 

Jackie and John F. Kennedy’s Former Georgetown Home Hits the Market for $7.5 Million

The 19th-century residence was the political power couple’s last home before moving into the White House

https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/jackie-and-john-f-kennedys-former-georgetown-home-hits-the-market