James Michael Curley House: Boston Landmark Study Report

The James Michael Curley House, 350 The Jamaicaway, is significant as the primary residence, for 41 years, of James Michael Curley, one of the most legendary figures in 20th century Massachusetts politics. Curley built the house on the Jamaicaway in 1915, during his first mayoral term, and lived there until 1956, the year after his last mayoral campaign. For seven decades, the Curley house has been a symbol of the evolving social, cultural and political presence of 19th century immigrants and their descendants.

Several of the significant interior features of the structure were bought from the estate of Henry H. Rogers in Fairhaven, Massachusetts. Many celebrities, politicians and other well known figures visited the Curley’s at the Jamaicaway home. Those visitors included Eleanor Roosevelt, Sophie Tucker, Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein, Chiang Kai-Shek and the Vienna Boys Choir.

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