Lawton-Seabrook Cemetery

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Lawton-Seabrook Cemetery
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Location7938 Steamboat Landing Rd., Edisto Island, South Carolina
Coordinates 32°35′24″N80°17′42″W / 32.59000°N 80.29500°W / 32.59000; -80.29500 Coordinates: 32°35′24″N80°17′42″W / 32.59000°N 80.29500°W / 32.59000; -80.29500
NRHP reference No. 100001075 [1]
Added to NRHPJune 12, 2017

The Lawton-Seabrook Cemetery is a small private cemetery at 7938 Steamboat Landing Road on Edisto Island, South Carolina. It is notable for its high-quality brick perimeter wall, and for its funerary markers, which are attributed to local master carver Thomas Walker and his family. There are only seven original gravestones, with additional otherwise unmarked potential graves marked by modern stones. [2]

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The cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "Historic Preservation News and Notes, June 2017" (PDF). South Carolina SHPO. Retrieved 2017-11-07.