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In 1883, Baron Edmond James de Rothschild became the patron of the settlement and drew up plans for its residential layout and agricultural economy.

Zikhron was one of the first Jewish agricultural colonies to come under the wing of the Baron ( along with Rishon LeZion and Rosh Pina ), who renamed it in memory of his father, James ( Ya ' akov ) Mayer de Rothschild.