Alcoa Care-free Home

Alcoa Care-free Home
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Alcoa Care-free Home, September 2012
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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; -77.5470194
Area	.9 acres (0.36 ha)
Built	1957; 68 years ago (1957)
Architect	Goodman, Charles M.
Architectural style	Modern
NRHP reference No.	10000358[1]
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 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.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.^[1]

• Alcoa Care-free Homes
• Hollin Hills Historic District
• Green Machine / Blue Space, another experimental home in New York

• Alcoa Care-Free Home
• Friends of The Alcoa Care-Free Home