Villa Rosa (Fayetteville, Arkansas)

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Location617 W. Lafayette, Fayetteville, Arkansas
Coordinates 36°4′5″N94°10′3″W / 36.06806°N 94.16750°W / 36.06806; -94.16750
Arealess than one acre
ArchitectRatliff & Bird; Jackson, W.C.
Architectural styleLate 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Renaissance, Italian Renaissance
NRHP reference No. 90001946 [1]
Added to NRHPDecember 27, 1990

The Villa Rosa is a historic house at 617 West Lafayette in Fayetteville, Arkansas. It is a two-story wood-frame structure with a brick exterior and a tile hip roof. The brick is variegated light colors, reflective of the Renaissance Revival style also evident in the arches surmounting the first-floor windows and doorway. The entrance is sheltered by a portico with classical columns and a small balcony on top. The house was built in 1925 by Rosa Zagnoni Marinoni, a prominent regional activist for women's rights and the Arkansas poet laureate in 1953. [2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "NRHP nomination for Villa Rosa". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-04-24.