Foscue-Whitfield House

  • Also Known As: Foscue House

  • Address: W of Demopolis on US 80
  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Building

Foscue House

This house was built in 1840 for Augustus Foscue, a North Carolina native who owned more than 3,000 acres and 137 slaves in Marengo County by 1850. Daughter Mary Alice (1838-1889) married in 1855 to Dr Bryan Watkins Whitfield (1828-1908), son of Gen. Nathan Bryan Whitfield of nearby Gaineswood Plantation.

Original construction date is worked into orange-hued brick on south side chimney. The brown-hued brick addition on the front was added in 1849, requiring removal of two-tiered, columned entrance portico. The present shed-roofed porch was added in the twentieth century by Jesse G. Whitfield, replacing a small 1849 portico. Interior woodwork and wainscoting bear original "faux bois" graining to simulate bird's eye maple done by slave, Bob Ashe, who became a well-known carpenter in post-bellum Demopolis. - Alabama Historic Marker


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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1840/00/00 Foscue House is built for Augustus Foscue
1849/00/00 Brown-hued brick addition built on the front of Foscue House.
1861/00/00 Dr Bryan Watkins Whitfield Architect Upon the death of Augustus Foscue, his daughter, Mary Alice Foscue wife of Dr Bryan Watkins Whitfield, inherits Foscue House.

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Particulars for Foscue-Whitfield House:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Sight Category Building
Architectural Style Federal Style
Owner Private
Historic Use Single dwelling



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 21st January 1974

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: Foscue-Whitfield House
Registry Address: W of Demopolis on U.S. 80
Registry Number: 74000423
Resource Type: Building
Owner: Private
Architect: unknown
Architectural Style: Federal
Area in Acres: 1
Contributing Buildings: 1
Certification: Listed in the National Register
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: State
Area of Significance: Architecture
Applicable Criteria: Architecture-Engineering
Period of Significance: 1825-1849
Significant Year: 1840
Historic Function: Domestic
Historic Sub-Function: Single dwelling
Current Function: Domestic
Current Sub-Function: Single dwelling

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