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Marie Zimmermann Farm, U.S. Route 209, 5 Miles Southwest of Milford. The property is defined at its northern boundary by Zimmermann Road and at the west by Long Meadow Road. The east boundary of the parcel is the edge of the Delaware River.  The south edge of the parcel is irregularly oriented east-to-west.  , Milford, Pike County, PA

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Marie Zimmermann Farm, U.S. Route 209, 5 Miles Southwest of Milford. The property is defined at its northern boundary by Zimmermann Road and at the west by Long Meadow Road. The east boundary of the parcel is the edge of the Delaware River. The south edge of the parcel is irregularly oriented east-to-west. , Milford, Pike County, PA

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Summary

Significance: The cultural landscape of The Farm is significant as the embodiment of a mutually influential relationship between the property and the important 20th century U.S. Arts and Crafts artist Marie Zimmermann, and as the physical expression of the Zimmermann Family's development of a preexisting farmstead into a vacation retreat, working farm, and home between 1882 to 1972. She has been compared to Cellini, a talented and versatile Renaissance artist, for applying her artistic prowess to a wide range art objects and materials. A 1935 letter cites that Marie Zimmermann "is not only the foremost worker in metals from iron to gold but is the greatest artisan in the field of beautiful home accessories and exquisite objects d'art." During the period 1882-1972, Marie Zimmermann was influenced by and also shaped the landscape of The Farm to accommodate her interests, as seen by the property expansion and the addition of a trout pond, ornamental gardens, and agricultural fields. Following the expansion patterns established by her family, she added buildings to the farmstead that modified and increased the structural density there. By the time of Marie Zimmermann's death, The Farm landscape was both a natural landscape and one as shaped by her hands as any of her artworks.
Survey number: HALS PA-10
Building/structure dates: ca. 1882- ca. 1972 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: ca. 1730 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: ca. 1745- ca. 1882 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: ca. 1972- ca. present Subsequent Work
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 79000243

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Date

1882
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Contributors

Historic American Landscapes Survey, creator
Zimmermann, Marie
Van Etten, Jacobus
Zimmermann, Marguerite
Zimmermann, John C.
Doty, Charles
Jaeger, Nelson
Allen, William
Van Etten, Daniel Ennis
Van Etten, Johannes
Magaw, Algernon
Van Etten, John
Magaw, Samuel
Van Gorden, John
Van Etten, Robert K.
Van Etten, Solomon
Zimmermann, John C., III
Sarles, Jennie
Art Students League
National Arts Club at Gramercy Park
Art Institute of Chicago's First Annual Arts Crafts Exhibit
Willis, Ida M.
Banigan, Joseph H.
Banigan, Marie T.
Arts and Decoration
News and Courier
Friends of Marie Zimmermann (FOMZ)
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
US Army Corps of Engineers
Stevens, Chris, transmitter
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Location

Milford (Pike County, Pa.)41.32222, -74.80250
Google Map of 41.32222222222222, -74.8025
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