Some of the design features include a surrounding fence, columns, and a sort of splitting of the lower floor from the rest. The columns don’t actually touch the ground, but are standing on the lower floor. On the top of the academy is a ring of columns, supporting a dome, supporting another smaller ring of columns, holding up another smaller dome.
Barton Academy is Alabama’s first public school, Designed by James Gallier, Charles Dakin, and James Dakin. In 1970 it was placed in the National Register of Historic Places.

(2013).Barton History. bartonacademy [online]. Available: https://www.bartonacademy.org/history