Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts
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East elevation of Rosen House, 2008
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| Location | Katonah, New York |
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| Nearest city | White Plains |
| Coordinates | 41°14′20″N 73°38′49″W / 41.23889°N 73.64694°WCoordinates: 41°14′20″N 73°38′49″W / 41.23889°N 73.64694°W |
| Area | 81 acres (33 ha) |
| Built | 1929–39 |
| Architect | Christian Rosborg, Mott B. Schmidt |
| Architectural style | Renaissance Revival |
| NRHP Reference # | 01000548 |
| Added to NRHP | March 25, 2001 |
Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts is a former estate near Katonah, New York United States, which is about 50 miles (80 km) north of New York City. Presently, it is a live music venue featuring symphonic, opera, chamber, American roots, and jazz, performances along with the historic home. Both are legacies of the house's original owners, Walter and Lucie Rosen. The Caramoor Summer Music Festival is held there every summer. It also runs educational programs, and can be rented for events such as weddings.
The Rosens built the estate gradually during the 1930s, its main house an imitation Italian villa. Many pieces of the buildings were imported from various European countries. The informal musical performances they hosted evolved into the beginning of Caramoor's current offerings in 1945, and their collection of Renaissance-era and Chinese artworks, some rare, is on display throughout the estate. Lucie Rosen later donated it to the private organization that runs it today. In 2001 it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Caramoor is an 81-acre (33 ha) parcel on Girdle Ridge Road just east of the NY 22 state highway east of the hamlet of Katonah in the Town of Bedford. The area is primarily residential, with houses on similarly large lots amidst wooded, gently rolling terrain. The John Jay Homestead State Historic Site, a National Historic Landmark, is a short distance to the northwest along Route 22.
The Caramoor estate became a center for the arts and music following the World War II death of the son of its owners, Walter and Lucie Rosen. The couple donated the property in their son's memory, and it quickly became an established summer festival. There are 12 total contributing resources on the estate—seven buildings, one site, and four structures. An additional building, the Venetian Theater, was built after the estate became the performing arts center. It is too modern to be considered contributing.
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