Maynard and Edith Hamlin Dixon House and Studio, Historic house and studio in Mount Carmel, United States
The Maynard and Edith Hamlin Dixon House and Studio is a 1+1⁄2-story log home with a stone foundation, steep gables, a tall chimney, double-hung windows, and a balcony reached by an exterior rear staircase. The garage, also steeply gabled, served as the Dixons' first living quarters. Edith's 1948 studio is a one-story, two-room vernacular building, and a trail from it leads to Maynard Dixon's memorial on a hill.
Maynard Dixon first visited Mount Carmel in 1933 and moved there with Edith Hamlin after their 1937 marriage, building the log house in 1939. He died in Tucson in 1946, and Edith buried his ashes beneath a boulder at the home and added her painting studio in 1948. The grounds were listed on the National Register in 2002.
Maynard Dixon first painted Mount Carmel in 1933 and returned after marrying muralist Edith Hamlin in 1937. Their home became a summer base for trips into Zion National Park, which inspired several of his popular works. Edith added a large paint studio in 1948, and the watercolorist Milford Zornes, a friend, later used it occasionally.
The grounds are open for self-guided or guide-led tours for a donation. A trail from Edith's studio leads up the hill to Maynard Dixon's memorial, marked by a plaque beneath a boulder. The house stands in Mount Carmel, near Zion National Park, which the Dixons used as a base for painting excursions.
After one painter's death in 1946, the other artist constructed an additional studio building on the grounds to continue her mural work. This second workshop reflects how the property evolved to meet changing artistic needs.
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