Foscue-Whitfield House, Federal style plantation house in Demopolis, Alabama.

The Foscue–Whitfield House is a two-and-a-half-story Federal style plantation house of handmade brick just outside Demopolis, Alabama. Its front elevation has a five-bay facade under a gabled roof. A brick addition of 1849 replaced a two-tiered columned portico with a smaller one, and in 1920 Jesse Whitfield added the full-width hipped-roof front porch.

Augustus Foscue built the house in 1840, and after his death in 1861, his daughter Mary Alice and her husband Dr. Bryan Watkins Whitfield inherited the property. The inheritance marked the beginning of long-term family stewardship that continued for generations.

The house shows how wealthy Southern plantation owners designed and lived in their homes during the mid-1800s. The generous proportions and careful architectural details reflected the social standing these families held in their communities.

The house retains much of its original structural character, though it has received modifications at different times. Visitors should pay attention to the brick details and exterior changes that reflect the building's evolution over the decades.

The house was built in 1840 by Augustus Foscue, and it passed to the Whitfield family in 1861 through his daughter Mary Alice and her husband Dr. Bryan Watkins Whitfield, son of the builder of Gaineswood. A descendant recently restored it, and it has never left the family.