Arthur Monroe Free House
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]
Arthur Monroe Free House | |
Location | 66 S. 14th St., San Joes, California |
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Coordinates | 37°20′32″N 121°52′31″W |
Area | less than one acre |
Architectural style | Craftsman |
NRHP reference No. | 02000384[1] |
Added to NRHP | April 26, 2002 |
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
- "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- 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.
- "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.
- "San Jose Mercury & Herald". 1909-05-20.
- 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.