Roselawn | |
Location: | 3 miles southwest of Allendale on South Carolina Highway 47, near Allendale, South Carolina |
Coordinates: | 32.983°N -81.3463°W |
Built: | -1840 |
Builder: | Lawton, Joseph Alexander |
Architecture: | Raised Cottage Style |
Added: | May 28, 1976 |
Refnum: | 76001689 |
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 -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.[1] [2]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.