Roselawn (Allendale, South Carolina)

Roselawn
Roselawn in 2017
Location3 miles southwest of Allendale on South Carolina Highway 47, near Allendale, South Carolina
Coordinates32°58′59″N 81°20′47″W / 32.98297°N 81.34625°W / 32.98297; -81.34625
Area3 acres (1.2 ha)
Built1835 (1835)-1840
Built byLawton, Joseph Alexander
Architectural styleRaised Cottage Style
NRHP reference No.76001689[1]
Added to NRHPMay 28, 1976

Roselawn, also known as Lawton House, is a historic house located near Allendale, Allendale County, South Carolina. It was built between about 1835 and 1840 by Joseph Lawton, a local minister and brother to Benjamin Lawton, signer of the South Carolina Ordinance of Succession. Roselawn is a 1+12-story, raised cottage-style clapboard dwelling with a broken gable roof. The front façade features three dormer windows and a full-width piazza. Lawton family tradition holds that Union General Hugh Judson Kilpatrick camped at Roselawn while in the area. Roselawn has remained in the Lawton family throughout its entire history.[2][3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.[1]

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References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Katharine N. McNulty and Camille C. Sharp (October 1975). "Roselawn" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
  3. ^ "Roselawn, Allendale County (S.C. Hwy. 47, Allendale vicinity)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved March 4, 2014.