Maxton Historic District is a national

historic district A historic district or heritage district is a section of a city which contains older buildings considered valuable for historical or architectural reasons. In some countries or jurisdictions, historic districts receive legal protection from c ...

located at Maxton, Robeson County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 49

contributing buildings In the law regulating historic districts in the United States, a contributing property or contributing resource is any building, object, or structure which adds to the historical integrity or architectural qualities that make the historic distric ...

in the

central business district A central business district (CBD) is the commercial and business centre of a city. It contains commercial space and offices, and in larger cities will often be described as a financial district. Geographically, it often coincides with the "city ...

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 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 ...

. 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 Henry Emil Bonitz (1872–1921) was an American architect. Biography Bonitz was born on April 16, 1872, in Goldsboro, North Carolina, to John Henry William and Mary Elise Bonitz, both of whom were German-born. Henry Bonitz was educated in Golds ...

, Gilbert Patterson Law Office (c. 1885), A.J. MacKinnon House, and the R.L. MacLeod House. It was added to the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...

in 1999.

References

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