Carolina Theatre (Lumberton, North Carolina)

Carolina Theatre

Carolina Civic Center, December 2014
Location 319 N. Chestnut St., Lumberton, North Carolina
Coordinates 34°37′9″N 79°0′30″W / 34.61917°N 79.00833°W / 34.61917; -79.00833Coordinates: 34°37′9″N 79°0′30″W / 34.61917°N 79.00833°W / 34.61917; -79.00833
Area less than one acre
Built 1927 (1927)-1928
Built by Underwood, U.A., Construction Co.
Architect Dixon, S.S.
Architectural style Italian Renaissance
NRHP Reference # 81000426[1]
Added to NRHP July 9, 1981

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 cottabuilding. The theatre closed in 1975.[2] It has been renovated and houses the Carolina Civic Center.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.[1] It is located in the Lumberton Commercial Historic District.

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Davyd Foard Hood and Edward F. Turberg (December 1980). "Carolina Theatre" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.

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