Alcoa Care-free Homes

Alcoa Care-free Homes are a group of suburban homes designed for Alcoa (Aluminum Company of America) by Charles M. Goodman during the Mid-century modern movement, incorporating ideas generated at the Women's Congress On Housing.

[1][2] While composed of a variety of building materials (brick, steel, wood, and extensive use of glass) they incorporated large amounts (up to 7500 lbs) of aluminum.

[9][10] They were constructed by local contractors using kits provided by Alcoa,[11] and were mostly built in 1958 as model homes.

[12] The company had intended to build forty-eight homes, one for each state in union at the time.

[16] According to the original brochure, an Alcoa Care-Free Home was built in the following places:[14]