The Arthur Monroe Free House in

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is a Craftsman-style how which was listed on the

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in 2002. It is located at 66 South 14th Street, which previously was 66 South Priest Street. With . The house was listed on the National Register for its association with Arthur Monroe Free, a United States Congressman. Free lived at the house from 1919 until his death in 1953. However, Donald and Annie Palmer had commissioned the house in 1905 from residential designer,

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, their "adopted" daughter and partner of their daughter,

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. The Palmers lived there until they moved to San Francisco around 1909. Lillian Palmer had a workshop in the basement where she practiced her metal art. Emily and Lillian lived in this house on and off.

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