Barton Hall (Alabama)
Barton Hall | |
 HABS photo of Barton Hall, taken in 1935. | |
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| Location | Cherokee, Alabama |
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| Coordinates | 34°45′8.98″N 88°0′12.02″W / 34.7524944°N 88.0033389°W |
| Built | 1840 |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 73000337 |
| Significant dates | |
| 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 at his cotton plantation near present-day Cherokee, Alabama.
Today US 72 passes north of the house and the Natchez Trace Parkway is to the west. The house is in the former town of Buzzard Roost, now part of an unincorporated area.[2]
Architecture
The National Park Service describes the home as an unusually sophisticated Greek Revival-style plantation house, unusual in form for Alabama. It has a small Doric entrance and limestone-paved rear courtyard.
In addition, its interior stairway is unique, "an interesting arrangement similar to the stair- way in the Magnolias of Aberdeen, Mississippi, built in 1850."[3] It ascends in a series of double flights and bridge-like landings to an observatory on the rooftop that offers views of the plantation.[3]
Landmark
The house was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1973 for the quality of its architecture.[1][3]
In November 2008, the noted photographer Charles Moore took his final documented images on this property.
The home continues to be privately owned and occupied, and it is not open to the public.
Gallery
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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.
See also
- List of National Historic Landmarks in Alabama
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Colbert County, Alabama
References
- ^ a b c "Barton Hall". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. 2007-09-27. Archived from the original on 2008-04-03.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Fred Smoot. "Colbert County History / Barton Hall". Retrieved 2007-06-19.
- ^ a b c W. Warner Floyd (1973-05-02). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Barton Hall / Cunningham Plantation" (pdf). National Park Service.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) 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
