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Alcoa Care-free Home

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The Alcoa Care-free Home is a Modern ranch style house at 1589 Clover Street in Brighton, Monroe County, New York, built in 1957 by the architect Charles M. Goodman as one of 24 demonstration homes listed in a 1957 Alcoa sales brochure and the only one built in New York State. Its post and beam construction, shallow side gabled roof, and end walls of plate glass illustrate 1950s experiments in aluminum featured residential design, and the house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 18, 2010. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Building TypeSourced to the subject's own account
Historic house 2
LocationSourced to the subject's own account
Brighton, United States 2
Completed YearSourced to the subject's own account
1957 2
Classification
Standing Status
Standing 1
Building Type
Building Type (category)Sourced to the subject's own account
House 2
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House, Concepts

In Style

Modernist Architecture, Styles and Movements
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Uses Element

Aluminum, Architectural Materials
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Glass, Architectural Materials
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Timber, Architectural Materials
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Sources
1. Alcoa Care-free Home (Wikipedia)
  • en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcoa_Care-free_Home, lead definition
    Alcoa Care-free Home is a historic home located at Brighton in Monroe County, New York.
  • Lead section
    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.
  • In Style: Modernist Architecture, Infobox: architecture
    Modern
  • Uses Element: Glass, Introduction
    end walls constructed completely of plate glass framed by aluminum and supported by wood columns that are clad in aluminum
  • Uses Element: Aluminum, Introduction
    end walls constructed completely of plate glass framed by aluminum and supported by wood columns that are clad in aluminum
  • Uses Element: Timber, Introduction
    end walls constructed completely of plate glass framed by aluminum and supported by wood columns that are clad in aluminum
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2. Alcoa Care-free Home (Wikidata)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Wikidata date-of-opening/inception statement (1957)
    Wikidata item Q4713205, property P571: 1957
  • Wikidata instance-of (P31) statement (Historic house)
    Wikidata item Q4713205, instance of (P31): historic house
  • Wikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: Brighton, United States
    Wikidata item Q4713205, property P131/P17 (location): Brighton, United States
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