The McDonald–Wait–Newton House is a historic house at 1406 Cantrell Road in

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. U.S. Senator Alexander McDonald lived in the house and

Robert Francis Catterson Robert Francis Catterson (March 22, 1835March 30, 1914) was a doctor, Union Army officer in the American Civil War, state legislator, militia officer, U.S. Marshal, and the 30th mayor of Little Rock, Arkansas (from 1871 to 1873). During the Am ...

stayed at the house during his time as a U.S. Marshall. It is a -story brick building, with a

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providing a full third story. The main facade is five bays wide, with a projecting central section topped by a mansarded tower. The roof is pierced by dormers with segmented-arch tops, and windows framed by decorative hoods. The main entrance is set in the base of the tower, with an elliptical stained glass light above. A porch shelters the entrance and wraps around to the right side, with a

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ed cornice and bracketed posts. Built in 1869, it is the last surviving post-

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mansion built along what became known as "

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s' Row", as it is where a number of Northerners settled when moving to the city. The house was listed on the

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in 1978. The house today hosts the "1836 Club", a social club.

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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas Second Empire architecture in Arkansas Houses completed in 1869 Houses in Little Rock, Arkansas National Register of Historic Places in Little Rock, Arkansas {{LittleRockAR-NRHP-stub

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