Barton Hall (Alabama)

For other uses, see Barton Hall (disambiguation).

Significant dates

Barton Hall
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark
HABS photo of Barton Hall, taken in 1935.
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Location	Cherokee, Alabama
Coordinates	34°45′8.98″N 88°0′12.02″W / 34.7524944°N 88.0033389°W / 34.7524944; -88.0033389Coordinates: 34°45′8.98″N 88°0′12.02″W / 34.7524944°N 88.0033389°W / 34.7524944; -88.0033389
Built	1840
Architectural style	Greek Revival
NRHP Reference #	73000337
Added to NRHP	November 7, 1973^[1]
Designated NHL	November 7, 1973^[1]

Barton Hall, also known as the Cunningham Plantation, is an antebellum plantation house built for Armstead Barton in the 1840s near present day Cherokee, Alabama. The home is located south of US 72 and east of the Natchez Trace Parkway, in the former town of Buzzard Roost.^[2]

Architecture

The National Park Service describes the home as an unusually sophisticated Greek Revival-style plantation house with small Doric entrance and limestone-paved rear courtyard. The interior contains a stairway that ascends in a series of double flights and bridge-like landings to an observatory on the rooftop that offers views of the plantation.^[1]

Landmark

The house was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1973.^[1]^[3]

In November 2008, the famous photographer Charles Moore captured his final documented images on this property.

Because the home has remained a private residence since being declared a National Historic Landmark, it is not open to the public.

Gallery

View of the stairwell, up to the observatory.
Stair treatment on the west side of the main hall.
The front entrance porch.
View of the rear courtyard.
Pocket doors between the parlors.
Window treatment in living room.

References

1 2 3 4 "Barton Hall". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. 2007-09-27. Archived from the original on 2008-04-03.
↑ Fred Smoot. "Colbert County History / Barton Hall". Retrieved 2007-06-19.
↑ W. Warner Floyd (1973-05-02). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Barton Hall / Cunningham Plantation" (pdf). National Park Service. and Accompanying 3 photos, exterior, undated (1.24 MB)

External links

Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. AL-337, "Cunningham Plantation, Old Memphis Road (Gaines Trace Road), Cherokee, Colbert County, AL", 31 photos, 14 measured drawings, 3 photo caption pages

U.S. National Register of Historic Places in Alabama

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