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 | |
 Front exterior view of the Foster Home in 1984 | |
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| Location | Off US 11, near Tuscaloosa, Alabama |
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| Coordinates | 33°04′49″N 87°42′09″W / 33.08028°N 87.70250°W |
| Area | 4.1 acres (1.7 ha) |
| Built | c.1825 |
| Architectural style | I-House |
| NRHP reference No. | 85000451[1] |
| Added to NRHP | March 7, 1985 |
Built as the main residence and headquarters of a large slave-labor cotton 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
edit- Pinehurst Historic District, Tuscaloosa, which has two "Foster House"s
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System – Foster Home (Sylvan Plantation)/Cedar Hill (#85000451)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
- ^ a b c Quails, Shirley; Gamble, Robert (October 16, 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination: Foster Home (Sylvan Plantation) / Cedar Hill". National Park Service. Retrieved January 10, 2022. With accompanying eight photos from 1984
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