Foscue House - Demopolis, Alabama - Alabama Historical Markers on Waymarking.com

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Foscue House

Built in 1840 for Augustus Foscue (1799-1861), a North Carolina native who owned more than 3,000 acres and 137 slaves in Marengo County by 1850.  Daughter Mary Alice (1838-1899) married in 1855 to Dr. Bryan Watkins Whitfield (1828-1908), son of Gen. Nathan Bryan Whitfield of nearby Gaineswood Plantation.

Original construction date worked into orange-hued brick on south side of chimney.  Brown-hued brick addition built on the front in 1849, requiring removal of two-tiered, columned entrance portico.  Present shed-roofed porch added in twentieth century by Jesse G. Whitfield, replacing 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 postbellum Demopolis.

Marker Name: Foscue House Marker Type: Rural Roadside Addtional Information:: Addition information available at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foscue_House Date Dedicated / Placed: 1993 Marker Number: Not listed

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