Zimmerman House
Floydada, Floyd County, Texas
Marker Inscription
Oregon native Fred Zimmerman, Sr. (1885-1954) came to the Texas Panhandle in 1916. He acquired a number of farm properties in the area and began a thirty-eight-year career of farming and ranching in Floyd and Deaf Smith counties. In 1930 Zimmerman hired Wichita Falls architect Ray C. Arnhold to design this house. A fine example of pueblo revival architecture, the stuccoed brick house features hand-hewn beams, vigas, and columns. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1990
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
Oregon native Fred Zimmerman came to the Texas Panhandle in 1916 and built a long career farming and ranching across Floyd and Deaf Smith counties. In 1930 he hired Wichita Falls architect Ray C. Arnhold to design this stuccoed brick house, a striking example of Pueblo Revival style with hand-hewn beams, vigas, and columns. The home stands as a distinctive expression of Southwestern architecture on the flat High Plains.
Why it matters
The house shows how early-20th-century Panhandle settlers built prosperity from the land and reached to Southwestern design traditions to express it.
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Related people
- · Fred Zimmerman, Sr.
- · Ray C. Arnhold
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