Lumberton Commercial Historic District is a national historic district located at Lumberton,

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. The district encompasses 64 contributing buildings and 1 contributing site in the

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of Lumberton. It includes buildings built between about 1840 to 1941 in a variety of popular architectural styles including

Classical Revival Neoclassical architecture is an architectural style produced by the Neoclassical movement that began in the mid-18th century in Italy and France. It became one of the most prominent architectural styles in the Western world. The prevailing style ...

and Streamline Moderne. Located in the district are the separately listed Carolina Theatre and Planters Building. Other notable buildings include the Proctor Law Office (c. 1840), McLeod Building (1879), (former) National Hotel, (former) Efird's Department Store, Huggins Star Shoe Shop (c. 1895), National Bank of Lumberton (1914), Dresden Cotton Mills Office Building, (former) Lumberton Municipal Building (1917), and Stephens Funeral Home (1936). It was added to the

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in 1989.

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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 {{RobesonCountyNC-NRHP-stub