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Source Collection
University of North Alabama Archives and Special Collections, University Collection, Collier Library
Identifier
UA: IP 4
Description
John Simpson, a representative of James Jackson, came to this area in 1818 to buy land and operate a mercantile establishment for Jackson. A frame home was located on the site of where Irvine Place was constructed. In 1843, he built this home. In the early 1850s, James Bennington Irvine bought "Irvine Place" with his wife Virginia Prudence Foster (daughter of George Washington Foster) and established this as their home prior to the Civil War. The house was inherited by Mrs. Maddie King (Harriet Susan) in the 1930s, who restored the home and grounds of "Irvine Place" after World War II. *This home has been associated with 6 generations of the Irvine/Foster family*
Date Created
1-21-2026
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Keywords
Architecture, Alabama, University of North Alabama--Buildings, John Simpson, James Bennington Irvine, Coby Stockard Brubaker
