Foster Home/Sylvan Plantation
National Register of Historic Places

Foster Home/Sylvan Plantation

Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama
Listed
March 7, 1985
Type
Building
Period
Early Republic
Ref No.
85000451

About this property

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. 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. 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.

Location

Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama
33.08063, -87.70254

Categories

EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENTARCHITECTURE
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Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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When was Foster Home/Sylvan Plantation listed on the National Register?

Foster Home/Sylvan Plantation was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 7, 1985.

What type of historic resource is Foster Home/Sylvan Plantation?

Foster Home/Sylvan Plantation is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Foster Home/Sylvan Plantation?

The period of significance for Foster Home/Sylvan Plantation is recorded as the early_republic era, specifically around 1825.

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