| Carolina Theatre | |
| Nrhp Type: | cp |
| Nocat: | yes |
| Location: | 319 N. Chestnut St., Lumberton, North Carolina |
| Coordinates: | 34.6192°N -79.0083°W |
| Built: | -1928 |
| Architect: | Dixon, S.S. |
| Builder: | Underwood, U.A., Construction Co. |
| Architecture: | Italian Renaissance |
| Added: | July 9, 1981 |
| Area: | less than one acre |
| Refnum: | 81000426 |
Carolina Theatre, also known as the Carolina Civic Center, is a historic movie theater located at Lumberton, Robeson County, North Carolina. It was built in 1927–1928, and is a three-story, Italian Renaissance style brick and terra cotta building. The theatre closed in 1975[1] amid a general exodus of businesses from downtown Lumberton. Plans were made to demolish it and build a parking lot, but community activists lobbied to have the building spared. It was reopened as the Carolina Civic Center in 1985 and underwent renovations in 2008.[2]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1981. It is located in the Lumberton Commercial Historic District at 319 North Chestnut Street.