Zimmerman House (Manchester, New Hampshire)
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.
See also
- List of Frank Lloyd Wright works
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire
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)
External links
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