Arthur Monroe Free House

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Arthur Monroe Free House
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Location66 S. 14th St., San Jose, California
Coordinates 37°20′32″N121°52′31″W / 37.34222°N 121.87528°W / 37.34222; -121.87528 Coordinates: 37°20′32″N121°52′31″W / 37.34222°N 121.87528°W / 37.34222; -121.87528
Arealess than one acre
Architectural styleCraftsman
NRHP reference No. 02000384 [1]
Added to NRHPApril 26, 2002

The Arthur Monroe Free House in San Jose, California is a Craftsman-style how which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002. [1] It is located at 66 South 14th Street, which previously was 66 South Priest Street. [2]

The house was listed on the National Register for its association with Arthur Monroe Free, a United States Congressman. Free lived at the house from 1919 until his death in 1953. [2]

However, Donald and Annie Palmer had commissioned the house in 1905 from residential designer, Emily Williams, their "adopted" daughter and partner of their daughter, Lillian McNeill Palmer. [3] The Palmers lived there until they moved to San Francisco around 1909. [4] Lillian Palmer had a workshop in the basement where she practiced her metal art. Emily and Lillian lived in this house on and off. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. 1 2 William G. Robson (June 10, 2001). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Arthur Monroe Free House". National Park Service . Retrieved August 5, 2017. With six photos.
  3. "Women as Architects, With a Special Application to Miss Emily Williams, San Jose's Successful Architect". San Jose Mercury & Herald reprinted in The Board and Batten, Winter 2009, p.22. 1906-11-11. p. 19.
  4. "San Jose Mercury & Herald". 1909-05-20.
  5. Horton, Inge Schaefer (2010). Early Women Architects of the San Francisco Bay Area - The Lives and Work of Fifty Professionals, 1890-1951. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company. pp.  368–379. ISBN   978-0-7864-4656-8.