Julia Child's Cambridge Home, Formerly Housing Her Famous Kitchen, Lists for $6.475 Million
The residence of Julia Child, located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is currently on the market for $6.475 million, represented by Gail Roberts, Ed Feijo & Team at Coldwell Banker Realty. The Childs acquired the home near Harvard Yard in 1956 and began residing there full-time in 1961, remaining until Paul’s passing in 1994. Julia later donated the six-bedroom property to Smith College, which sold it to finance a campus center. After renovations, it fetched $3.7 million in 2009. The kitchen was given to the Smithsonian in 2001. The house boasts a contemporary kitchen, formal living spaces, and a finished basement, with grounds featuring a garden cultivated by the Childs. Julia passed away in 2004. Another property linked to Child was listed in August for almost $22 million.
Key facts
- The Cambridge, Massachusetts, home of Julia Child is listed for $6.475 million with Gail Roberts, Ed Feijo & Team at Coldwell Banker Realty.
- Julia and Paul Child bought the 1889 residence on a quarter-acre near Harvard Yard in 1956 and moved in full-time in 1961.
- The roughly 6,300-square-foot home has six bedrooms and six baths.
- Julia Child gifted the home to Smith College, which sold it to fund a new campus center.
- The property last sold in 2009 for $3.7 million after a developer overhauled it.
- Child's kitchen and more than 1,200 objects in 55 crates were donated to the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History in 2001.
- The reassembled 14-by-20-foot kitchen is one of the museum's most popular displays.
- Four Oaks, the Montecito, California, estate where Child filmed her PBS series Dinner at Julia's, listed in August for just under $22 million.
Entities
Artists
- Julia Child
- Paul Child
- Paula Johnson
- Gail Roberts
- Ed Feijo
- Wendy Bowman
- Larry Ellison
- Ross Cassidy
- Al Horford
Institutions
- Smithsonian's National Museum of American History
- Smith College
- Coldwell Banker Realty
- Yankee Magazine
- PBS
- Robb Report
- Modern Luxury
- Frick Collection
- Eittem
Locations
- Cambridge
- Massachusetts
- California
- Harvard Yard
- Montecito
- Santa Barbara
- Boston
- Florida
- Hollywood Hills