Preparing Historic Oppenheimer House For Public Viewing - 8:03 am
Owners Helene and Jerry Suydam willed the Oppenheimer House at the end of Bathtub Row to the Los Alamos Historical Society, which is preparing it for public view. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com
View of the living room in the Oppenheimer House on Bathtub Row. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com
By KIRSTEN LASKEY
kirsten@ladailypost.com
The house at the end of Bathtub Row in downtown Los Alamos is a time capsule; nearly 100 years of local history packed into its stone walls.
The home’s most famous inhabitant was J. Robert Oppenheimer, often known as the “father of the atomic bomb” and his family. They lived in the home for just two years – 1943 to 1945 – but their presence is visible throughout the house with black and white photographs documenting Oppenheimer entertaining guests in the exact spot where the photographs sit.