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Alcoa Care-free Home

Alcoa Care-free Home
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Alcoa Care-free Home, September 2012
Alcoa Care-free Home is located in New York
Alcoa Care-free Home
Alcoa Care-free Home is located in the US
Alcoa Care-free Home
Location 1589 Clover St., Brighton, New York
Coordinates 43°7′38.64″N 77°32′49.27″W / 43.1274000°N 77.5470194°W / 43.1274000; -77.5470194Coordinates: 43°7′38.64″N 77°32′49.27″W / 43.1274000°N 77.5470194°W / 43.1274000; -77.5470194
Area .9 acres (0.36 ha)
Built 1957
Architect Goodman, Charles M.
Architectural style Modern
NRHP Reference # 10000358
Added to NRHP June 18, 2010

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 houses 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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