Built 1835 (1835)-1840 NRHP Reference # 76001689 Function House | Architectural style Raised Cottage Style Area 1 ha Added to NRHP 28 May 1976 | |
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Location 3 miles southwest of Allendale on South Carolina Highway 47, near Allendale, South Carolina Built by Lawton, Joseph Alexander Similar Gravel Hill Plantation, Smyrna Baptist Church, Antioch Christian Church | ||
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, and 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.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.
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