Angelo Marre House (Little Rock, Arkansas)

 house, NRHP - National Register of Historic Places, Italianate style (architecture), Second Empire (architecture)

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Historic house listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).

Built: c. 1882
Expanded: c. 1889 (kitchen addition)
Architectural style: Italianate; Second Empire
Areas of significance: Architecture; Politics/Government
Notable past owners:
- Edgar Burton Kinsworthy - prominent judge and Arkansas state attorney-general; also served as the youngest member of the Arkansas state Senate.
- Jeff Davis - 20th governor of Arkansas; lived very briefly in the house from 1901 to 1902.
Area: less than 1 acre
Also known as: Villa Marre; "Designing Women" House
Date added to NRHP: 6/15/1970
Other designations: contributing property to the MacArthur Park Historic District
Notes: This is the house that was featured in the opening credits and for stock photos of the Sugarbaker Design Firm on CBS's "Designing Women". It was built ca. 1882 for Angelo Marre, a saloon keeper, & his wife, Jennie, who lived in the house for many years, after which it passed through two prominent political figures (see above). More recently, it was sold in 1964 to Mr. & Mrs. James W. Strawn, who restored the house. Mr. Strawn & his wife Becky donated the house to the Quapaw Quarter Association, a local non-profit historic preservation organization, in 1979. It was sold again around 2003 and is once again a private residence.