Roselawn (Allendale, South Carolina)

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 signer of the South Carolina Ordinance of Succession. Roselawn is a 1-1/2-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]

Roselawn
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Roselawn in 2017
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Location	3 miles southwest of Allendale on South Carolina Highway 47, near Allendale, South Carolina
Coordinates	32.98297°N 81.34625°W / 32.98297; -81.34625
Area	3 acres (1.2 ha)
Built	1835 (1835)-1840
Built by	Lawton, Joseph Alexander
Architectural style	Raised Cottage Style
NRHP reference No.	76001689[1]
Added to NRHP	May 28, 1976

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

References

1. "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 4 March 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 4 March 2014.