Restoration group severs ties with recreation area's National Park Service

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Marie Zimmerman was a nationally acclaimed metal-craft artist in the late 19th century. In 2012, her house, located in Dingmans Ferry, was being restored by the Friends of Marie Zimmerman.Photo provided

April 01, 2014

The Marie Zimmerman House in Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area will be closed this year, and the nonprofit group that restored it is ending its relationship with the National Park Service.

The Friends of Marie Zimmerman terminated a five-year agreement with NPS in January. The agreement, signed in 2010, should have gone to 2015.

"Further improvements to the site to meet legal requirements, such as accessibility, will be pursued before the site reopens to the public," said NPS spokeswoman Kathleen Sandt.

The house and farm are located off Route 209 near the former village of Dingmans Ferry. It cannot be seen from the road, but NPS signs point the way to the large stone home where artist Marie Zimmerman once lived.

Zimmerman lived from 1879 to 1972. She was born on June 17 and died on June 17.

The farm home was built in 1910.

In 1944, Zimmerman closed her National Arts Club Studio and moved away from the New York art scene to her family's vacation home near Milford, a NPS biography says.

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Restoration group severs ties with recreation area's National Park Service