Laurinburg Commercial Historic District

Laurinburg Commercial Historic District is a national historic district located in Laurinburg, North Carolina. The district encompasses 51 contributing buildings and 2 contributing structures in the central business district of Laurinburg.

Laurinburg Commercial Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Main Street, looking north from Cronly Street
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Location	Roughly bounded by Church, Atkinson, Biggs Sts. and the Laurinburg and Southern RR, Laurinburg, North Carolina
Coordinates	34°46′34″N 79°27′42″W
Area	20 acres (8.1 ha)
Built	1893 (1893)
Architect	Henry E. Bonitz; Louis A. Simon; John A. Weaver
Architectural style	Moderne, Art Deco
NRHP reference No.	03001274[1]
Added to NRHP	December 10, 2003

History

Structures in the historic district were built between about 1893 and 1953 and include notable examples of Streamline Moderne and Art Deco architecture. Notable buildings include the Central Hotel (c. 1893), McDougald's Furniture Store and Funeral Parlor (c. 1904), Everington's Drug Store (c. 1904), Scotland Pharmacy (1935), U.S. Post Office (1939) designed by the Office of the Supervising Architect under Louis A. Simon and built by the Federal Works Administration, First United Methodist Church (1918), Hammond Company Building, and (former) Winn Dixie Grocery Store (1953).^[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.^[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Beth Keane (September 2003). "Laurinburg Commercial Historic District" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved May 1, 2015.