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
Location66 S. 14th St., San Joes, California
Coordinates37°20′32″N 121°52′31″W
Arealess than one acre
Architectural styleCraftsman
NRHP reference No.02000384[1]
Added to NRHPApril 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
  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. 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.


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