Arthur Monroe Free House

Arthur Monroe Free House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	66 S. 14th St., San Jose, California
Coordinates	37°20′32″N121°52′31″W / 37.34222°N 121.87528°W / 37.34222; -121.87528
Area	less than one acre
Architectural style	Craftsman
NRHP reference No.	02000384 [1]
Added to NRHP	April 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]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
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. November 11, 1906. p. 19.
4. "San Jose Mercury & Herald". May 20, 1909.
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.