Maxton Historic District Explained

Maxton Historic District
Nrhp Type:hd
Nocat:yes
Location:Roughly bounded by Graham St., Martin Luther King Dr., McCaskill St., and Florence St., Maxton, North Carolina
Coordinates:34.7375°N -79.3492°W
Architect:Parrish, Clint; Bonitz, Henry E.
Architecture:Early Commercial, Classical Revival
Added:February 12, 1999
Refnum:99000199

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.[1]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Michelle Kullen and Ruth Little . Maxton Historic District. National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . July 1999 . pdf . North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office . 2015-02-01.