Oliver Wendell Holmes House

The Oliver Wendell Holmes House is a Victorian wood-frame building with a steeply pitched gable roof and three brick chimneys located on Hale Street. The structure features a T-shaped layout with an enclosed porch and a separate carriage house accessed by a gravel driveway.

Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr used this house as his summer residence starting in 1909 and remained here until his death in 1935. During these decades he worked on important legal cases that shaped American law.

The house witnessed numerous meetings between Holmes and influential figures, including Judge Louis Brandeis and politician Henry Cabot Lodge during summer months.

The property sits in Beverly Farms with direct street access on Hale Street and is easy to locate. From the road you can get a sense of the historic summer home and how it was laid out on its lot.

This house remains the only surviving location directly linked to the celebrated jurist. From here he carried on important correspondence with British thinkers and intellectuals that influenced his views on law.