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Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1923/00/00 Louis D Brandeis Home Justice Brandeis and his wife buy a modest, remotely-situated house on the Oyster River, to which they will use as a summer home for the rest of their lives.
1926/11/23 I rarely go to my desk or face the perplexities of day-to-day decisions without walking with you again over the dunes of Chatham and hearing you meditate aloud on 'the things worth living for'. - Robert W Bruere letter to Brandeis
1929/00/00 In an old sweater under his heavy tweed jacket, cap on head, he saunters through the berry paths that lead from his Chatham home to the river inlet and to a chosen companion reveals his longings, hopes, and aspirations. - Jacob DeHaas on Justice Brandeis
1945/00/00 At the death of Mrs Brandeis, nee Alice Goldmark, in 1945, the Chatham house passes to the eldest daughter, Elizabeth Brandeis Raushenbush.

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Particulars for Louis Brandeis House:
Sight Category Building
Other Description Cape Cod
Area of Significance Law, Legal System
Level of Significance National
Criteria Person
Owner Private
Historic Use Single dwelling
Area of Significance Social History



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration:

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name:
Registry Address:
Registry Number: 72000148
Resource Type:
Owner: Private
Architect: unknown
Architectural Style: Other
Attribute: Cape Cod
Other Certification: Designated National Landmark
Nominator Name: National Historic Landmark
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: National
Area of Significance: Law, Social history
Applicable Criteria: Person
Period of Significance: 1900-1924, 1925-1949
Significant Year: 1922, 1941
Associated People: Brandeis,Louis
Historic Function: Domestic
Historic Sub-Function: Single dwelling
Current Function: Domestic
Current Sub-Function: Single dwelling

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