Maxton Historic District

Maxton's historic district covers about twenty-one acres in the town's core, on the Scotland-Robeson county line. The town grew because of two railroad lines, and the district reflects that, with a 1913 Classical Revival brick depot, two frame freight warehouses and a village square beside the tracks. Most of the buildings date from about 1884 to 1948. Thirty-two commercial buildings, many with cast-iron storefronts and pressed-brick facades, line Patterson and McCaskill Streets. The 1911 Patterson Building, a Renaissance Revival flatiron with a clock tower, is the best-known landmark. Two 1906 churches, First Presbyterian in Gothic Revival style and St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal in rusticated concrete designed by Henry E. Bonitz, anchor the district. Houses along Graham, Florence and North Patterson Streets range from Queen Anne to Neoclassical Revival, including the 1905 McKinnon House. The district was recognized for its architecture and for its role in the community's development around the railroads, with a period of significance of circa 1884 to 1948.