Alcoa Care-free Home

1589 Clover St, Rochester, New York. County/parish: Monroe.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places June 18, 2010. NRIS 10000358.

1 contributing building.

From Wikipedia:

Alcoa Care-free Home

Alcoa Care-free Home is a historic home located at Brighton in Monroe County, New York. It was designed by Charles M. Goodman (1906–1992) and is one of 24 Alcoa Care-free Homes listed in their sales brochure of 1957 that were built for a demonstration project and the only one located New York State. It is a one-story, Ranch-style house with 1,900 square feet (180 m2) of living space, a carport, and a full basement. It is 91 feet (28 m) long and 36 feet (11 m) wide. It is of post and beam construction with a shallow pitched, side gabled roof. It features end walls constructed completely of plate glass framed by aluminum and supported by wood columns that are clad in aluminum.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75318754

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