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Zimmerman House and School

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German immigrants Charles and Hannah Zimmerman settled in Columbia and built their Greek Revival-style home (pictured below) and an adjacent school, the Zimmerman Female Academy, in 1848. The school operated successfully as a private academy for young women and offered a Classical education, which included courses in philosophy, literature, and the Romantic languages.

Zimmerman House Columbia

Bill Fitzpatrick of Taylors, 2012 © Do Not Use Without Written Consent

Hannah Zimmerman operated the school (pictured below) for three more years following her husband’s death in 1867. During this time she called the academy Mrs. Zimmerman’s Female Institution. The school closed following her death in 1870.

Zimmerman School

Bill Fitzpatrick of Taylors, 2012 © Do Not Use Without Written Consent

The home and school eventually were sold as separate properties. The Zimmerman House underwent an extensive renovation in 1946, and the interior was renovated to a more modern Colonial Revival design. Today both structures are used as offices.

Both the Zimmerman House and the Zimmerman School are listed in the National Register:

The Zimmerman House and School are significant for their associations with the Female Academy operated in Columbia by Charles and Hannah Zimmerman between 1848 and 1870. The Zimmermans were German immigrants and apparently built both structures around 1848. Both structures are also significant as examples of well-proportioned Greek Revival design.

The house is situated at a right angle to the street and faces north. The side, street, façade consists of a one and one-half section and a one-story wing. The front, or north, façade features a central entrance sheltered by a pedimented portico supported by two paneled wooden square columns. The entrance features a transom and sidelights and flanking pilasters. The house also features a boxed cornice and a gable roof covered by slate. Following the Seibels family purchase of the house in 1946, the structure was both altered and enlarged.

The Zimmerman School is located directly north of the Zimmerman House. Its main façade faces south, toward the Zimmerman house. The school is a small one-story clapboard building with a gable roof situated at a right angle to the street. The entrance door is situated at the eastern (right) end of the south façade and features a fanlight and sidelights. A slightly projecting wing is located at the very eastern end. Charles and Hannah Zimmerman opened the Zimmerman Female Institute at this site in 1848. Women at the school took courses in reading, orthography, writing, grammar, arithmetic, geography, history, philosophy, music, English, Latin, French, German and other subjects. After Dr. Zimmerman’s death in 1867, Hannah continued to run the school as “Mrs. Zimmerman’s Female Institution” until her death in 1870.

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Where is Zimmerman House and School located?
Address: 1332 and 1336 Pickens Street, Columbia, SC 29201
GPS Coordinates: 34.005586,-81.027872
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