Zimmerman House (Manchester, New Hampshire)

Historic house in New Hampshire, United States United States historic place


Zimmerman House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


Interactive map showing the Zimmerman House’s location
Location	223 Heather St., Manchester, New Hampshire 03104
Coordinates	43°1′18.19″N 71°27′46.34″W / 43.0217194°N 71.4628722°W / 43.0217194; -71.4628722
Area	1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built	1951 (1951)
Architect	Frank Lloyd Wright
Architectural style	Prairie School
NRHP reference No.	79003790
Added to NRHP	October 18, 1979

The Zimmerman House is a house museum in the North End neighborhood of Manchester, New Hampshire. Built in 1951, it is the first of two houses in New Hampshire designed by Frank Lloyd Wright (the other is the Toufic H. Kalil House, built in 1955 on the same street), and one of a modest number of Wright designs in the northeastern United States. The house was built for Dr. Isadore Zimmerman and his wife Lucille. The house is now owned by the Currier Museum of Art because of the Zimmermans' decision to donate the home to the public after their death. The museum provides tours of the building, which is the only legal access to the grounds. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.

Description and history

The Zimmerman House is located in a residential setting in northern Manchester, New Hampshire. It is a single-story structure, set on a floating concrete slab. It is organized around a large L-shaped central chimney, and covered by a deeply overhanging roof. The rooms are arranged in a single line, except with an open carport at one end. The interior is largely finished in cypress wood.

The house was designed in 1950 by Frank Lloyd Wright in his Usonian style for Dr. Isadore and Lucille Zimmerman. It has two bedrooms, is based on a four-foot module, and is constructed of red glazed brick with Georgia cypress trim (less expensive than tidewater cypress). John Geiger, then an apprentice in Wright's Taliesin Fellowship, was sent to New Hampshire to supervise the construction of the Zimmerman house. He was responsible for the completion of the project and much of its final changes for the clients. Wright redesigned the house around a rock just outside the front entrance. Wright's design extended to include the interior furniture and furnishings. This includes a musical quartet stand, as well as the mailbox. Wright also specified the plantings for the garden.

The property was maintained by the Zimmermans according to Wright's plan, and was donated to the Currier Museum of Art in 1988. The museum offers tours of the property with shuttle service to the house, in order to minimize traffic in the residential neighborhood. No other access to the property is permitted.

References

^ "National Register Information System – (#79003790)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "NRHP nomination for Zimmerman House". National Park Service. Retrieved 2014-05-15.
^ Bleiberg, Larry (June 7, 2015). "10 Great: Frand Lloyd Wright Homes". USA Today.
https://jgonwright.net/ Archival website originally created by John Geiger (deceased)
"The Zimmerman House". JG on Wright. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
"Frank Lloyd Wright".
"Zimmerman House". Currier Museum of Art. Retrieved 2018-06-25.

Storrer, William Allin. The Frank Lloyd Wright Companion. University Of Chicago Press, 2006, ISBN 0-226-77621-2 (S.333)

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National Register of Historic Places in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire

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Commercial	Athens Building Birchwood Inn Dunlap Building Harrington-Smith Block Old Post Office Block Parker's Store T. L. Thorpe Building †
Education	Ash Street School Brick Schoolhouse Building at 418–420 Notre Dame Ave. Currier Gallery of Art Goffstown High School Goffstown Public Library Grasmere Schoolhouse No. 9 and Town Hall Hills Memorial Library Hunt Memorial Library North Weare Schoolhouse Pelham Library and Memorial Building St. George's School and Convent Varney School Weston Observatory Wilton Public and Gregg Free Library
Government	Bedford Town Hall Citizens' Hall Hillsborough County Courthouse Manchester City Hall Milford Town House and Library Annex New Hampshire State Union Armory New Ipswich Town Hall Peterborough Town House Temple Town Hall US Post Office-Peterborough Main Weare Town House Wilton Town Hall
Industrial	Daniel Cragin Mill Hillsborough Mills Hoyt Shoe Factory Kimball Brothers Shoe Factory Milford Cotton and Woolen Manufacturing Company Mine Falls Gatehouse
Religious	All Saints Church Bedford Presbyterian Church Francestown Meetinghouse Goffstown Congregational Church Greenfield Meeting House Peterborough Unitarian Church Union Chapel
Residential/ Agriculture	Abbot House Jonathan Barnes House Barrett House Carpenter and Bean Block Frank Pierce Carpenter House Amos Chase House and Mill Alpheus Gay House Hamblet-Putnam-Frye House Kennedy Hill Farm Hill–Lassonde House Hills House Thomas Russell Hubbard House Killicut-Way House Lamson Farm McClure-Hilton House The Meetinghouse Marion Nichols Summer Home William Peabody House G.O. Sanders House Signer's House and Matthew Thornton Cemetery Gov. John Butler Smith House Smith and Dow Block Smyth Tower Stonyfield Farm Gen. George Stark House Gen. John Stark House William Parker Straw House Sullivan House Roger Sullivan House Oliver Whiting Homestead Caleb Whittaker Place Levi Woodbury Homestead Zimmerman House

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† This entry has been removed from the registry.

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