Roselawn (Allendale, South Carolina)

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°58′59″N 81°20′47″W / 32.98297°N 81.34625°W / 32.98297; -81.34625Coordinates: 32°58′59″N 81°20′47″W / 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 #	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, 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.