ZIMMERMAN, William (1874-c. 1914), was born in Germany and came to the United States after 1900. He began his practise in Minot, North Dakota in 1904 where he later formed a partnership with J.C. Woodruff in early 1909. However, in July 1909 it was announced that Zimmerman, Woodruff and another local Minot architect F.D. McGulpin had "...consolidated and enlarged their territory", with offices in both Minot, N.D. and in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan (Ward County Independent [Minot], 8 July 1909, 20). This was one of the first attempts to created an international architectural practise in both the USA and in Canada, but within weeks, Zimmerman was working under his own name in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan where it was noted that he had '......received a large patronage in the province for the past twelve months' (Moose Jaw Evening Times, 20 July 1909, 8).
The building boom in the city was instrumental in providing Zimmerman with a variety of commercial, institutional and residential commissions; he was among the first to introduce a classically inspired style to important civic works such as the City Market (1910), the Isolation Hospital (1910), and the Royal George Hotel (1911). He may also have been the architect for the Russell Block (1910), executed in Hebron brick imported from North Dakota and a convincing display of the growing influence of the Chicago School on contemporary prairie architecture in Canada. In 1911 his scheme for a new Public School in an "American style' located on The Crescent in Moose Jaw was awarded First Premium in an architectural competition, but his winning design was not built (Moose Jaw Evening Times, 7 April 1911, 1, descrip.; 22 June 1911, 8, illus.). He left Moose Jaw in 1914 and no references to his work after this time have been found (inf. Saskatchewan Association of Architects; inf. Gordon Fulton, Ottawa)
W. ZIMMERMAN (works in Moose Jaw)
CITY MARKET BUILDING, High Street West at Fourth Avenue, N.W., 1910; demol. (Moose Jaw Evening Times, 26 April 1910, 1; Moose Jaw b.p., 26 Aug. 1910)
(attributed) RUSSELL BLOCK, First Avenue N.W. at River Street West, 1910 (Moose Jaw b.p. 27 May 1910; dwgs. at the Moose Jaw Engineer's Dept., 25, 213)
ISOLATION HOSPITAL, Fairford Street East, 1910; demol. (C.R., xxiv, 27 July 1910, 25; Moose Jaw Evening Times, 2 Sept. 1911, 1)
ROYAL GEORGE HOTEL, Manitoba Street East, 1911 (Moose Jaw Evening Times, 5 April 1911, 1, descrip.; dwgs. at Moose Jaw Engineer's Dept., 214)
(attributed) GRAYSON BLOCK, High Street West, 1911; demol. 1976 (Moose Jaw b.p., 25 April 1911; dwgs. at Moose Jaw Engineer's Dept., 119)
(attributed) ISAAC L. WOODLEY BLOCK, First Avenue N.W., 1911 (Moose Jaw Evening Times, 22 July 1911, 10)
(attributed) STADACONA STREET WEST, residence and barn for William Grayson, 1911 (Moose Jaw b.p., 29 July 1911)
EMPRESS HOTEL, River Street West, 1911 (Moose Jaw Evening Times, 3 Aug. 1911, 1)
COLLING & BOUGE, High Street West, commercial block, 1912 (Moose Jaw Evening Times, 3 April 1912, 8, t.c.; 2 Dec. 1912, 9; 1 Feb. 1913, 7; dwgs. at Moose Jaw Engineer's Dept., 18, July 1912)
ROSS PUBLIC SCHOOL, Willow Avenue, 1913 (Moose Jaw Evening Times, 19 April 1913, 5, t.c.)
W. ZIMMERMAN (works elsewhere in Saskatchewan)
ESTEVAN, SASK., public school, 1910 (C.R., xxiv, 9 March 1910, 22, t.c.)
WESLEY, SASK., a church, 1911 (C.R., xxv, 15 March 1911, 53, t.c.)
MORTLACH, SASK., addition to public school, 1914 (Moose Jaw Evening Times, 6 July 1914, 9, t.c.)
W. ZIMMERMAN (works in North Dakota)
MINOT, N.D., residence for Joseph M. Devine, former Governor of North Dakota, South Main Street, 1905-06 (Ward County Independent [Minot], 25 Oct. 1905, 10; Grand Forks Herald, 15 Jan. 1906, 2)
MINOT, N.D., residence for Dr. Andrew S. Carr, Fourth Avenue N.W. near 6th Street N.W., 1903-06 (Grand Forks Herald, 15 Jan. 1906, 2; USA, National Register of Historic Places, designation statement, 1984)
MINOT, N.D., The Scofield Block, Main Street, 1905 (Grand Forks Herald, 15 Jan. 1906, 2)
UPHAM, N.D., hotel for Peter Enger, 1906 (Grand Forks Herald, 8 Feb. 1906, 3, t.c.)
LANSFORD, N.D., The State Bank, 1906 (Grand Forks Herald, 15 Feb. 1906, 3)
LANSFORD, N.D., commercial block for Mr. Spehrer, 1906 (Grand Forks Herald, 15 Feb. 1906, 3)
LANSFORD, N.D., commercial block for Mr. Scott, 1906 (Grand Forks Herald, 15 Feb. 1906, 3)
MINOT, N.D., Robins Block, a three storey commercial block for D.C. Robins, Main Street, "....on the corner near the Soo tracks", 1906 (Ward County Independent [Minot], 22 March 1906, 2, descrip.)
MINOT, N.D., Hartman Block, for William Hartman, 1906 (Ward County Independent [Minot], 22 March 1906, 2, descrip.)
MINOT, N.D., Brauer Block, Main Street, for C.K. Brauer "...next to the Blaisdell corner", 1906 (Ward County Independent [Minot], 22 March 1906, 2, descrip.)
GLENBURN, N.D., public school, 1906 (Ward County Independent [Minot], 22 March 1906, 2)
VELVA, N.D., a new hotel, to replace the old Berry House Hotel, 1906 (Ward County Independent [Minot], 22 March 1906, 2, descrip.)
WILLISTON, N.D., Odd Fellow's Hall, 1906 (Ward County Independent [Minot], 22 March 1906, 2)
WHITE EARTH, N.D., a 3 storey hotel for Gibb & Dolan, 1907 (Fargo Forum, 30 Jan. 1907, 7, descrip.)
DOUGLAS, N.D., public school for School District No. 95, 1908 (Ward County Independent [Minot], 11 June 1908, 3, t.c.)
HARRISON TOWNSHIP, N.D., a large public school building, 1908 (Fargo Forum, 21 Aug. 1908, 10)
WILLISTON, N.D., a large 3 storey commercial block for Covert & Williams, 1909 (Fargo Forum, 29 Jan. 1909, 2)
MINOT, N.D., Zion Lutheran Church, 1909 (Fargo Forum, 29 Jan. 1909, 2)
PLAZA, N.D., public school, 1909 (Ward County Independent [Minot], 8 July 1909, 6, t.c.)