Roselawn | |
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| Location | 244 Cherokee Avenue, Cartersville, Georgia |
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| NRHP reference No. | 73000607 |
| Added to NRHP | January 12, 1973 |
Roselawn is a mansion in Cartersville in the U.S. state of Georgia and is now a museum.
Location
Roselawn is located at 244 Cherokee Avenue, Cartersville, Bartow County, Georgia, United States. [1] [2]
History
In the 1860s, Nelson Gilreath, a local merchant, built a one-story house with an attic. [3] By 1872, the attic was converted into bedrooms. [3]
In the 1880s, the house was purchased by Samuel Porter Jones, a Christian revivalist. [2] [3] Jones added two stories at the back of the house. [3] By 1895, he added a third floor and a basement. [3] After Jones died in 1906, his widow, Laura McElwain Jones, continued to reside there until the 1920s. [3]
In the 1930s, the house was purchased by Guy Parmenter and his wife, Marie Cole Bell Parmenter. [3] The couple added an elevator and resided there until 1968. [3] It was uninhabited for the next decade. [3]
The house was acquired by Bartow County in 1978. [3] They converted it into a museum about the lives of Samuel Porter Jones and another famed resident of Cartersville (though not Roselawn), Rebecca Latimer Felton. [2] [3]
Architectural significance
It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since January 12, 1973. [1]