He moved to Mount Carmel in 1939 shortly after marrying Edith Hamlin, a muralist from San Francisco, California.

Shortly afterward, Edith ordered the construction of a painting studio on the lot, where she created several of her notable works.

Edith Dixon sold the home in 1963 to watercolor artist Milford Zornes, who occasionally used the studio.

Dixon admired the scenery of the American West and began to make tonalist and impressionist paintings of its landscapes.

Many of Dixon's works included Native Americans and sometimes lived in their reservations and the surrounding, undeveloped land.

Dixon married Edith Hamlin, a noted muralist from San Francisco, California in 1937.

Edith sold the property to her friend, the famed watercolor artist Milford Zornes.

The garage, also steeply gabled, was the original living quarters for the Dixons while the main house was being constructed.

The grounds, which were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2002, are open to self-guided or guide-led tours for a donation.