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
Arthur Monroe Free House is located in California
Arthur Monroe Free House
Arthur Monroe Free House is located in the United States
Arthur Monroe Free House
Location66 S. 14th St., San Jose, 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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