Historic Memphis Properties

Pauline Cheek Barton House

Status: Preserved

Address: 6562 Green Shadows Lane, Memphis

Built: 1938

Architectural Style: Colonial Revival

Original Function/Purpose: Residential

Date Listed on the National Register: September 7, 1995

National Register Reference Number Link: 95001069

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History: The Pauline Cheek Barton House was designed by prominent Memphis architect Walk Claridge Jones, Sr. The house was constructed for Mrs. Pauline Cheek Barton and her son Wilson Perry Barton. Wilson Barton married in 1939 and the home remained in the Barton family for decades until 1989 when Barton decided to sell the property to Boyle Development. The house was then sold to the Hurley family while the surrounding property was subdivided.

City Council District: 2

Super District: 9

County Commission District: 13

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