Foster Home/Sylvan Plantation

The Foster Home, also known as Cedar Hill or Sylvan Plantation, in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[1]

Foster Home/Sylvan Plantation
LocationOff US 11, near Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Coordinates33°04′49″N 87°42′09″W
Area4.1 acres (1.7 ha)
Builtc.1825
Architectural styleI-House
NRHP reference No.85000451[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 7, 1985

Built as the main residence and headquarters of a large forced-labor farm, the main house is an east-facing two-story weatherboarded house, constructed of heart pine upon a brick pier foundation. Erected around 1825, it is an I-house with a one-story, two-room ell at the south rear.[2]

It is located off US 11 south of Tuscaloosa.[2]

The listing also includes a family cemetery as a contributing site, about 50 yards (46 m) west of the house. Enclosed by a cast-iron fence, it contains graves of Robert Savidge Foster, his wife Ann Tompkins Foster, and those of several children and other family members. It has the grave of Wade Foster, a co-founder in 1856 of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity at the University of Alabama.[2]

See also

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. Shirley Quails; Robert Gamble (October 16, 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Foster Home/Sylvan Plantation / Cedar Hill". National Park Service. Retrieved November 13, 2019. With accompanying eight photos from 1984


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