Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center

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Old Saybrook Town Hall and Theater
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The Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center in 2011
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Location300 Main St., Old Saybrook, Connecticut
Coordinates 41°17′26″N72°23′11″W / 41.29056°N 72.38639°W / 41.29056; -72.38639
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1910–11
Built byWilliam L. Roe Jr.
Architect James Sweeney
Architectural style Colonial Revival
NRHP reference No. 07000558 [1]
Added to NRHPJune 21, 2007

The Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center, known as The Kate, is a performing arts center in Old Saybrook, Connecticut that opened in 2009. It is named for Katharine Hepburn, the Academy Award-winning actress and lifelong resident of Old Saybrook.

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The Kate is a non-profit performing arts organization located in a historic town hall and theater on Main Street in Old Saybrook which was opened in 1911 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007. [1] The Center has been renovated with public funds from the Town of Old Saybrook and donations raised by the Trustees of the Kate. It includes a 285-seat theater and the Katharine Hepburn Museum. The Kate presents more than 250 performances and events each year, including music, theater, comedy, film, simulcasts of the Metropolitan Opera, and dance; it also hosts arts education programs for children and youth.

The Katharine Hepburn Museum presents many photographs from Katharine Hepburn’s life and career. It also features her 1975 Primetime Emmy Award, examples of letters written to her family during the early years of her career, costume and personal wardrobe pieces, and two of her paintings, including a self-portrait.

The building was designed by New London architect James Sweeney, "a fine example of the Colonial Revival Style." The general contractor was William L. Roe Jr., also of New London. [2]

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  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. Kate M. Ohno (August 2006). "NRHP Inventory-Nomination: Old Saybrook Town Hall and Theater / The Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center and Theatre". National Park Service. and Accompanying seven photos, exterior and interior, from 2006