This house was built in 1840 for Augustus Foscue, a North Carolina native who owned more than 3,000 acres and 137 slaves in Marengo County by 1850. The original construction date is worked into orange-hued brick on south side chimney. The brown-hued brick addition on the front was added in 1849, requiring removal of two-tiered, columned entrance portico. The present shed-roofed porch was added in the twentieth century by Jesse G. Whitfield, replacing a small 1849 portico. Interior woodwork and wainscoting bear original “faux bois” graining to stimulate bird’s eye maple done by slave, Bob Ashe, who became a well-known carpenter in post-bellum Demopolis.
The Foscue House was placed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) on January 21, 1974.
The Foscue House is located beside Highway 80 just west of Demopolis (32.485278,-87.867147 – Google Maps).
Source: “Foscue House” Historic Marker