Music Mountain Chamber Music Festival

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Historic musical institution and festival ground listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).

- Built: 1930
- Architect: David S. Bectone (Sears, Roebuck & Co.)
- Architectural style: Colonial Revival
- Areas of significance: Architecture; Performing Arts
- Area: 124 acres
- Date added to NRHP: 12/18/1987

The Music Mountain Chamber Music Festival is the United States' oldest continuing summer chamber music festival. The complex consists of the Gordon Concert Hall, as well as four cottages that originally served as the homes for each of the four members of the string quartet who performed in the concert hall. An earlier (late 19th century) farmhouse also stands on the property. The concert hall and four cottages were all originally sold and delivered by Sears, Roebuck & Co. as mail-order structures. Buyers of such buildings would choose a pre-designed floor plan from the catalog, and Sears would deliver pre-fabricated components and building materials to the home site, where the parts would be assembled by the buyer or a contractor. The four cottages were pre-designed floor plans, with the concert hall being custom designed for its function.

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NRHP #87001909