Zimmerman, William Carbys
William Carbys Zimmerman (1859-1932)
William C. Zimmerman was born in Thiensville, Wisconsin in 1859.
He attended school in Milwaukee and studied architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1877 to 1880.
After leaving MIT, he received practical training at Burnham & Root Architects in Chicago from 1880 to 1883. Zimmerman then worked at the S.V. Shipman office until 1884. Beginning in 1884, William Carbys Zimmerman entered into partnership with John J. Flanders (1847-1914) to form Flanders and Zimmerman Architects. Flanders and Zimmerman were honored by their selection to design the International Dress & Costume Company Building at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition.
He married Emily Vogts in 1881 and they had three sons and one daughter, William Spencer, Iris Saxe, Edward Carbys, and Ralph Waldo.
The firm of Zimmerman, Saxe and Zimmerman was formed in 1914 when he took his son-in-law Albert Moore Saxe and his son, Ralph Waldo Zimmerman into partnership.
Together the partnership designed many buildings that are today considered to be historically significant or landmark buildings. After dissolving Flanders and Zimmerman in 1898, Zimmerman went on to design many historically significant buildings and landmark buildings as a sole practitioner, in partnership with his son as Zimmerman and Zimmerman, and as Zimmerman, Saxe, and Zimmerman. Zimmerman Saxe and Zimmerman Architects designed the Warner Brothers Film Exchange Building (now Film Exchange Lofts, 1307 South Wabash Avenue), from their office at 212 East Superior Street in Chicago.
He was the State Architect for Illinois for nine years.
He was a member of the Board of Examiners of Architects and a member of the Illinois Chapter of the American Institute of Architects. In 1889, William Carbys Zimmerman was named a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects.
William Carbys Zimmerman designed many public buildings in the East and Midwest including the Illinois State Prison in Joliet and the Pennsylvania State Prison. He designed many beautiful houses throughout Chicago and the suburbs. He designed Lincoln Elementary School in Highland Park in 1909.
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Full Name: William Carbys Zimmerman
Occupation: Architect
Gender: M
Biographical Information: Work History: Principal, W. Carbys Zimmerman, Architect, Chicago, IL, c. 1908.
Countries: United States
Structures: Gartz, A.F., House, Altadena, CA - 1908 (9623)
Partners: Zimmerman, W. Carbys, Architect (3187)
Publications: "Gartz, A.F., House, Altadena", Architect and Engineer of California, 75, 04/1908.
