What is "laurelwood"

n. tropical American tree; valued for its hard durable wood [syn: lancewood tree, Calophyllum candidissimum]

Laurelwood may refer to:

• a common name for Lauraceae
• Laurelwood Academy, a school near Eugene, Oregon, United States
• Laurelwood, Oregon, a community in Washington County, Oregon, United States
• Camp Laurelwood, a Jewish summer camp in Connecticut, United States
• Laurelwood Historic District, a historic district in Roseburg, Oregon, United States
• Laurelwood Pub and Brewery, a brewpub in Oregon, United States
• Laurelwood Elementary School, a school in the Evergreen Elementary School District in California, United States
• Laurelwood, a ship renamed the RFA Cherryleaf
• Laurelwood (Columbia, South Carolina), listed on the NRHP in South Carolina
• Laurelwood the original name of Studio City, California area.

Laurelwood is a historic plantation house located near Columbia, South Carolina. It was built about 1830, and is a two-story frame dwelling with a central-hall, double-pile plan. The front façade features a two-tier, three bay, pedimented portico in the Greek Revival style. It has a one-story, frame addition built in the early-20th century. Also on the property ate the contributing frame smokehouse and a frame barn.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.