Barton Hall (Alabama)

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Barton Hall
(U.S. National Historic Landmark)
HABS photo of Barton Hall, taken in 1935.
Location:	Cherokee, Alabama
Coordinates:	34°45′8.98″N 88°0′12.02″W / 34.7524944, -88.0033389Coordinates: 34°45′8.98″N 88°0′12.02″W / 34.7524944, -88.0033389
Built/Founded:	1840
Designated as NHL:	November 7, 1973^[1]
Added to NRHP:	November 7, 1973^[2]
NRHP Reference#:	73000337
Governing body:	Local

Barton Hall, also known as the Cunningham Plantation, is an antebellum plantation built for Armstead Barton in the 1840s near present day Cherokee, Alabama. At the time of construction it was located near the town of Buzzard Roost and the Natchez Trace. ^[3] The home has remained a private residence since construction and is currently not open to the public. The home is located just south of US 72 on Cedar Lane. The National Park Service's National Historic Landmark site notes the home as an unusually sophisticated Greek Revival style plantation house with small Doric entrance and limestone-paved rear courtyard. The house features a prominent spiral stairway. ^[2]

It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1973.^[1]^[4]

[edit] See also

List of National Historic Landmarks in Alabama

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b Barton Hall. National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service (2007-09-27).
^ ^a ^b Barton Hall. National Historic Landmarks Program, National Park Service. Retrieved on 2007-06-19.
^ Colbert County History / Barton Hall. Retrieved on 2007-06-19.
^ W. Warner Floyd (1973-05-02), National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Barton Hall / Cunningham PlantationPDF (192 KiB), National Park Service and Accompanying 3 photos, exterior, undatedPDF (619 KiB)

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