Foster Home/Sylvan Plantation

Foster Home/Sylvan Plantation
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Front exterior view of the Foster Home in 1984
Location	Off US 11, near Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Coordinates	33°04′49″N87°42′09″W / 33.08028°N 87.70250°W / 33.08028; -87.70250
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

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]

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

• Pinehurst Historic District, Tuscaloosa, which has two "Foster House"s

References

1. "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.
2. 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