{"nrhp_refnum":"01000548","name":"Caramoor","other_names":["Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"149-181 Girdle Ridge Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Bedford","county":"Westchester County","state":"NY","lat":41.237126083500044,"lon":-73.64564848705271,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2001-05-25","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["national","state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Caramoor is an 80-acre country estate in the town of Bedford, near Katonah, Westchester County, New York, centered on a Mediterranean Revival villa built 1929-39 for Walter and Lucie Rosen. It also includes a sunken garden, outbuildings and the Venetian Theater.","why_significant":"The nomination finds the estate significant in architecture as an outstanding, unusual early-20th-century country estate in New York State. The house, designed by Walter Rosen with architect Christian Rosborg, incorporates European period rooms and architectural elements from the 16th to 18th centuries. A later amendment argues for national significance based on the quantity, quality and rarity of these rooms and the high integrity of the interior.","narrative":"Caramoor is an 80-acre estate in Bedford, Westchester County, New York, now home to the Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts. Its centerpiece is a sprawling stucco villa with a red tile roof and a central courtyard, built between 1929 and 1939 for financier and art patron Walter Rosen and his wife Lucie. Rosen designed the house with architect Christian Rosborg and other designers. Inside, many first-floor rooms incorporate paneling, ceilings and other elements brought from England, France, Italy and Spain, alongside modern conveniences such as a large kitchen, many bathrooms and a basement garage. The grounds include a 1912 sunken garden, an 18th-century Swiss iron gate, a tennis pavilion, a dovecote and several service buildings in matching style. The Rosens gave the estate to a private foundation, and the Venetian Theater was added in 1958 as a summer music venue. The property was listed for its architecture and its exceptionally intact interiors.","period_of_significance":"1912-39","architect_builder":"Rosborg, Christian F.","architectural_style":"Late 19th & 20th Century Revivals: Mediterranean Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Used as the Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts; the main house is open for public tours and hosts performances, and the main house is described as virtually intact.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:50.139341-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/01000548.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01000548/4e201f1bc6-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01000548/4e201f1bc6-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Daniel Case","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Caramoor_Center.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Daniel Case</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Caramoor_Center.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75322979","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caramoor_Center_for_Music_and_the_Arts","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5037674"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/westchester-county/caramoor-01000548/"}