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Date: June 25th
Location: Demopolis, AL
Establishment: Foscue House
Starting time: Lunch at 12:00pm
Foscue House
21333 Us Highway 80 W
Demopolis, AL 36732-5035
(334) 289-2221
The Foscue-Whitfield House, best known as the Foscue House, is a historic Federal style house just outside the city limits of Demopolis, Alabama that has been renovated into a restaurant.
History
The Foscue House was built in 1840 by Augustus Foscue as the family residence
for his plantation. In 1855 Augustus' daughter, Mary Alice Foscue, married
Dr. Bryan Watkins Whitfield, son of the builder of Gaineswood. Augustus died
in 1861 and the house was inherited by Mary and her husband. The house has
remained in the Whitfield family to the present day and was recently restored
by a descendant.
Description
The house is two and a half stories and built with handmade brick. It features
a five-bay facade at the front elevation and a gabled roof. A new brick addition
was built onto the front of the house in 1849, requiring the removal of a
two-tiered, columned entrance portico. A smaller columned entrance portico
was added at that time. The full-width front porch with a hipped roof was
added in 1920 by Jesse Whitfield, grandson of the builder, replacing the portico
from 1849
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