{"nrhp_refnum":"10000358","name":"Alcoa Care-free Home","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1589 Clover St","address_restricted":false,"city":"Rochester","county":"Monroe County","state":"NY","lat":43.12748647800004,"lon":-77.54705635399995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2010-06-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story, Ranch-style single-family house at 1589 Clover Street in Brighton, a suburb of Rochester, Monroe County, New York, built in 1958 as an aluminum-clad demonstration home for Alcoa. It is the only one of 24 Alcoa demonstration houses located in New York State.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is significant in architecture under Criterion C as an example of a prefabricated, aluminum-intensive Ranch house designed by architect Charles M. Goodman. It was one of 24 Alcoa demonstration homes and survives with its original design and interior largely intact. Goodman's Hollin Hills work and experiments with new building materials and industrialized housing add to its importance.","narrative":"Built in 1958 at 1589 Clover Street in Brighton, outside Rochester, this one-story Ranch house was one of 24 demonstration homes promoted by Alcoa and is the only one in New York State. Architect Charles M. Goodman designed it with a post-and-beam frame, a shallow side-gabled roof and prefabricated aluminum wall panels in bright colors, alternating with floor-to-ceiling windows and glass end walls. The roof is textured aluminum coated with sky-blue acrylic film. Inside, an open plan flows around a central galley kitchen, with cypress ceilings, recessed carpet areas and aluminum trim throughout. Promotional material described these as care-free features that reduced cleaning and painting. Goodman was known for the Hollin Hills subdivision in Virginia, where prototype Alcoa homes were built in 1957, and for his work with prefabrication and new materials. The house was listed for its architectural significance as a well-preserved example of that experimentation. It remains a private single-family residence on a nearly one-acre lot.","period_of_significance":"1958","architect_builder":"Charles M. Goodman; Fred P. DeBlase","architectural_style":"Ranch style (classified as Other)","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still in use as a single dwelling; the carport has been enclosed and some kitchen and bathroom fittings have been updated.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:48.497447-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/10000358.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10000358/df4e0debc1-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10000358/df4e0debc1-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"DanielPenfield","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AlcoaCare-freeHomeBrightonNewYork.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">DanielPenfield</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AlcoaCare-freeHomeBrightonNewYork.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75318754","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcoa_Care-free_Home","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4713205"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/monroe-county/alcoa-care-free-home-10000358/"}