Roselawn (Allendale, South Carolina)

	Roselawn
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Roselawn in 2017
Location	3 miles southwest of Allendale on South Carolina Highway 47, near Allendale, South Carolina
Coordinates	32°58′59″N 81°20′47″W / 32.98297°N 81.34625°W
Area	3 acres (1.2 ha)
Built	1835-1840
Built by	Lawton, Joseph Alexander
Architectural style	Raised Cottage Style
NRHP reference No.	76001689
Added to NRHP	May 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+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]

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

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ Katharine N. McNulty and Camille C. Sharp (October 1975). "Roselawn" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 4 March 2014.
^ "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.

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[nrhpinv-2] Katharine N. McNulty and Camille C. Sharp (October 1975). "Roselawn" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 4 March 2014.

[scdah-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.

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