Planters Building, also known as the First Union Bank Building, is a historic office building located at Lumberton, Robeson County, North Carolina. It was designed by the firm of Wilson, Berryman & Kennedy and built in 1925–1926. It is a five-story, Classical Revival-style steel frame building sheathed in brick and rusticated cast concrete. The ground levels feature round arched windows and the main entrance is reached through a barrel-arched, coffered vault. Attached to the corner of the building is an original rectangular iron-cased clock. [2]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. [1] It is located in the Lumberton Commercial Historic District on the southeast corner of Chestnut and 4th Streets.
Lumberton is a city in Robeson County, North Carolina, United States. As of 2020, its population was 19,025. It is the seat of Robeson County's government.
The First National Bank of Meeteetse, also known as the Bank Museum and the Old Bank Building, was built in Meeteetse, Wyoming in 1901 for Hogg, Cheesman, McDonald and Company Bankers. The following year it was renamed to the more concise First National Bank of Meeteetse. The bank occupied the first floor while the second floor was initially the town council's meeting place.
The Antiguo Casino de Ponce, or simply the Casino de Ponce, is a historic structure, built in 1922 and located in Barrio Cuarto, Ponce, Puerto Rico. Originally built as a social club for Ponce's elite, it is currently used as the premier reception center of "The Noble City of Puerto Rico". The building, designed by Agustin Camilo Gonzalez in the Second Empire and Neo-Rococo styles, has a French facade and tones. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on 28 October 1987. It is located at the corner of Marina and Luna streets. The building has been called "an icon of Ponce's architecture, history, and identity." It is owned and administered by the Ponce Municipal Government. In 1936, during the Great Depression, the Casino declared bankruptcy and shut down. It subsequently had various uses: a postal office, a public health unit, tax collector's office, and even a temporary city hall. In 1990 it was restored by the Ponce Municipal Government, and has since been used for high-ranking official municipal business. For example, it was here where the dinner to honor Prince of Asturias, His Majesty Felipe de Borbon, took place.
The Humphrey–Williams Plantation is a historic plantation complex located near Lumberton, Robeson County, North Carolina. The Humphrey–Williams House was built about 1846 with the forced labor of enslaved people, and is a two-story, five-bay, vernacular Greek Revival style frame farmhouse. It features a one-story, full-width shed porch. Also on the property are the contributing William Humphrey House, Annie Fairly's House, tobacco barn, a carriage house, a smokehouse, a store-post office (1835–1856), and the agricultural landscape.
Grace Reformed Church, also known as Calvary Baptist Church, is a historic church located at 201–211 S. Main Avenue in Newton, Catawba County, North Carolina, United States.
First Reformed Church, also known as the First Reformed United Church of Christ, is a historic Reformed church located at 22 E. Center Street in Lexington, Davidson County, North Carolina. It was designed by architect Herbert B. Hunter and built in 1927–1928. It is a steel frame building sheathed in tapestry brick, with a Late Gothic Revival-style interior. It features a pair of corner towers of uneven height, pointed-arched portal, and a stone and stained glass rose window.
First Christian Church, also known as First Church of Christ, is an historic Disciples of Christ (DOC) church located at 126 S. Main Street in Robersonville, North Carolina, Martin County, North Carolina and was built in 1913. It is a one-story, brick-veneered, Romanesque Revival building with a cross-gable facade. The front facade features three arched stained-glass windows and a two-story corner bell tower. Also on the property is a contributing church cemetery.
Mt. Sinai Baptist Church is a historic Baptist church located at 512 Henry Street in Eden, Rockingham County, North Carolina. It was built in 1921, and is a two-story, Late Gothic Revival style brick church. It sits on a raised basement and it has tall gable front flanked by square two-stage crenellated bell towers incorporated at each corner. It features pointed arch tower windows and brightly colored stained glass. It is the oldest African-American Baptist Church in Eden.
The U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, also known as Statesville City Hall, is a historic post office and courthouse building located at Statesville, Iredell County, North Carolina. It was designed in the Richardsonian Romanesque style by Willoughby J. Edbrooke and built in 1891. It is a rectangular 2 1/2-story structure, seven bays wide, and three bays deep. It is constructed of red brick and sandstone. The building has a two-story corner tower, one-story entrance pavilion with central arched recessed entrance, and a tall hip roof.
The Emanuel United Church of Christ, also known as Emanuel Reformed Church, is a historic United Church of Christ church building located at 329 E. Main St. in Lincolnton, Lincoln County, North Carolina. It was designed by Henry E. Bonitz and built in 1913. It is a rectangular Late Gothic Revival-style red-orange brick church with a four-stage corner tower. It features cast cement detailing, lancet arched windows, and buttresses with cement caps.
Luther Henry Caldwell House is a historic home located at Lumberton, Robeson County, North Carolina. It was built between 1893 and 1903, and is a large two-story, eclectic Queen Anne style frame dwelling. It features a double tier wraparound porch with an octagonal pavilion and decorative woodwork on the porches, bayed gable end projections, and gable fronts. It was the home of Luther Henry Caldwell, an important business and social leader in Lumberton.
Alfred Rowland House, also known as Riverwood, is a historic home located at Lumberton, Robeson County, North Carolina. It was built between 1875 and 1880, and is a two-story, cross-gable, side-hall plan, transitional Italianate / Greek Revival style frame dwelling. The front facade features an engaged, double-tier, pedimented porch.
Baker Sanatorium is a historic sanatorium in Lumberton, Robeson County, North Carolina. It was built in 1920–1921, and is a 3+1⁄2-story, five-bay, T-shaped Mission Revival-style brick building. The building features an arcaded porch, and the roofs are sheathed in terra cotta mission tiles. The hospital continued in operation until 1993. It has been converted to apartments.
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 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.
US Post Office-Lumberton, also known as the Lumberton N.C. Post Office, is a historic post office building located at Lumberton, Robeson County, North Carolina. It was designed by the Office of the Supervising Architect under James A. Wetmore and built in 1931. It is a 1+1⁄2-story, Beaux Arts-style brick building with a rear addition built in 1965. It has been renovated and houses law offices.
Lumberton Commercial Historic District is a national historic district located at Lumberton, Robeson County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 64 contributing buildings and 1 contributing site in the central business district of Lumberton. It includes buildings built between about 1840 to 1941 in a variety of popular architectural styles including Classical Revival and Streamline Moderne. Located in the district are the separately listed Carolina Theatre and Planters Building. Other notable buildings include the Proctor Law Office, McLeod Building (1879), (former) National Hotel, (former) Efird's Department Store, Huggins Star Shoe Shop, National Bank of Lumberton (1914), Dresden Cotton Mills Office Building, (former) Lumberton Municipal Building (1917), and Stephens Funeral Home (1936).
Robeson County Agricultural Building is a historic government office building located at Lumberton, Robeson County, North Carolina. It was built in 1937 as a Works Progress Administration project. It is a two-story, T-shaped Colonial Revival-style brick building on a raised basement.
Johnson Building is a historic commercial building located at Clinton, Sampson County, North Carolina. It was built about 1902, and is two-story, five bay by eight bay, brick building with Classical Revival-style details. The front facade features arched windows, brick corner pilasters, recessed brick panels, decorative metal cornice, and a raised parapet. The building was constructed following a fire that destroyed much of the Clinton commercial district.
Pilot Mill is a historic textile mill complex located at Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina. The original building was built in 1894, and is a two-story, vernacular brick structure, 33 bays long and 7 bays wide. The upper windows are arched and the building has a three-story, square, corner tower. The building was extended sometime before 1903 and again prior to 1914. The other contributing buildings include the one-story dye house ; a two-story connecting structure ; and two-story, Classical Revival style office, shipping and inspection building. The mill operated until 1982.
The Wilson Central Business–Tobacco Warehouse District is a national historic district located at Wilson, Wilson County, North Carolina. It encompasses 152 contributing buildings, 20 contributing sites, and 2 contributing structures in the central business district of Wilson. The district includes notable examples of Late Victorian and Art Deco style architecture. Located in the district are the separately listed Branch Banking Building, Cherry Hotel, and Wilson County Courthouse. Other notable buildings include the Woodard-Watson Warehouse, Planter's Warehouse, Passenger Station and Freight Depot (1924), Jackson Chapel First Baptist Church (1913), St. John's African Methodist Episcopal Church (1915), Imperial Tobacco Company, Winstead-Hardy Building, Rountree Building (1870s), Planter's Bank Building (1920), United States Post Office and Courthouse (1927), Charles L. Coon High School (1922), First National Bank of Wilson Building (1927), Wilson Theatre (1922), Odd Fellows Lodge (1896), and the Works Projects Administration financed Wilson Municipal Building (1938).