Lawton Park and Pavilion

United States historic place


Lawton Park and Pavilion
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district

The pavilion
34°22′55″N 80°4′48″W / 34.38194°N 80.08000°W / 34.38194; -80.08000
Area	3.5 acres (1.4 ha)
Built	1941 (1941)
Architect	Works Progress Administration
Architectural style	Colonial Revival
MPS	Hartsville MPS
NRHP reference No.	91000476^[1]
Added to NRHP	May 3, 1991

Lawton Park and Pavilion is a historic public park and national historic district located at Hartsville, Darlington County, South Carolina. The district encompasses two contributing buildings built 1939-1941 by the Works Progress Administration, and planned as early as 1938. The park is a wooded, 3.5 acre, public recreation area including a swimming area, playground, picnic area, and tennis courts. The park includes three buildings: a Colonial Revival style pavilion, shed and keeper's house.^[2]^[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ Julie Turner and J. Tracy Power (June 1990). "Lawton Park and Pavilion" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved March 17, 2014.
^ "Lawton Park and Pavilion, Darlington County (Hartsville)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved March 17, 2014. and Accompanying map