Maxton Historic District
Maxton Historic District | |
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| Location | Roughly bounded by Graham St., Martin Luther King Dr., McCaskill St., and Florence St., Maxton, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 34°44′15″N 79°20′57″W / 34.73750°N 79.34917°W |
| Area | 21 acres (8.5 ha) |
| Built | 1884 |
| Architect | Parrish, Clint; Bonitz, Henry E. |
| Architectural style | Early Commercial, Classical Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 99000199[1] |
| Added to NRHP | February 12, 1999 |
Maxton Historic District is a national historic district located at Maxton, Robeson County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 49 contributing buildings in the central business district and surrounding residential sections of Maxton. It includes buildings built between about 1884 to 1948 in a variety of popular architectural styles including Classical Revival. Notable buildings include the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley (CF&YV) Railroad Freight Warehouse (c. 1884), Maxton Union Station (1913), Seaboard Air Line Railroad warehouse and office (c. 1915), First Presbyterian Church (1906), St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church (1906) designed by architect Henry E. Bonitz, Gilbert Patterson Law Office (c. 1885), A.J. MacKinnon House, and the R.L. MacLeod House.[2]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Michelle Kullen and Ruth Little (July 1999). "Maxton Historic District" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved February 1, 2015.
- Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina
- Neoclassical architecture in North Carolina
- Buildings and structures in Robeson County, North Carolina
- National Register of Historic Places in Robeson County, North Carolina
- Eastern North Carolina Registered Historic Place stubs