The Bob Dylan Childhood House, also known as the Zimmerman Family Home, is a house at 2425 Seventh Avenue East in Hibbing, Minnesota notable for being the childhood home of American musician and Nobel laureate Bob Dylan (born Robert Zimmerman). The house is a private residence owned by Dylanologist and archivist Bill Pagel, though it is occasionally open for public tours.
Description and history General The house was built in 1939 in the iron ore mining town of Hibbing, Minnesota."Finding Minnesota: Hibbing Hull Rust Mine". CBS Minnesota. Published April 28, 2021. Accessed May 26, 2026. It is two stories tall and has three bedrooms. The exterior of the house is currently painted beige, the color it was when Dylan originally lived at the site.Bream, Jon. "Collector purchases Bob Dylan's childhood home in Hibbing". Duluth News Tribune. Published July 11, 2019. Accessed digitally May 26, 2026. The house has two distinctive strips of siding that extend horizontally across the entire building with distinctive arts and crafts embellishments.
History Bob Dylan's family moved to Hibbing in 1948, briefly staying with relatives before moving to the house on Seventh Avenue that same year. Dylan's father, Abraham Zimmerman, had contracted polio and moved the family from Dylan's birthplace of Duluth to Hibbing to be closer to family. Dylan's mother, Beatrice "Beatty" Stone, also had ties to the town; the town's cinema, the Lybba Theater, was named for her grandmother, the wife of a local showman. Dylan's first exposure to rock music and the Grand Ole Opry, both of which he would recall as formative experiences, were at the house. Dylan lived in the house when he first performed live in a 1957 talent show at Hibbing High School."'Bob Dylan's High School Bands' Revisited". Daily Dylan. Published July 29, 2025. Accessed digitally May 26, 2026. In 1959, Dylan moved out of the house to attend the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis."Bob Dylan’s Childhood Home in Hibbing, Minnesota". ironrange.org. Accessed May 26, 2026 The Zimmerman family lived in the house until 1967.
In 2019, archivist Bill Pagel purchased the home with the intentions of preserving the house and opening it to tours. Pagel also owns the house in Duluth, Minnesota where Dylan was born and lived until the move to Hibbing.Hoekstra, Dave. "The Hibbing that Shaped the Life of Bob Dylan". DaveHoekstra.com. Published July 5, 2023. Accessed May 26, 2026. Pagel has begun collecting Dylan materials and photographs for the site, and has given private tours of the house to such notable people as Timothée Chalamet,Timar-Wilcox, Estelle. "Actor Timothee Chalamet visits Minnesota, surprises Hibbing High School theater students". MPR. Published January 26, 2024. Accessed May 26, 2026. who portrayed Dylan in the film A Complete Unknown (2024).
In 2006, the Hibbing Public Library published the Bob Dylan Walking Tour, a map for a self-guided walking tour of downtown Hibbing where visitors could visit several Dylan-related sites. The house was included as one of the stops on the map."Hibbing’s Bob Dylan Walk". Hibbing Public Library. Published April 2006. Accessed May 26, 2026.
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