Street Scenes

Elm Street Looking North. This section of Elm Street is shown from Second Street ; the entire block on the right that housed Economy Auto, Modern Drug Store and Collins was torn down and is the site of the downtown plaza. The building on in the left foreground that houses Adams Restaurant was built in 1908 to house the offices for the Lumberton and Dresden Cotton Mills. During World War I that building was the site of the Lyric Theatre.

Elm Street Looking South. This postcard shows the area in front and south of the courthouse. The first large building on the left was built in 1895 to house White & Gough, which was owned by A.E. White and Frank Gough. In 1908 the facade was remolded to a stylized Neo-Classical Revival, it was later the site of Rayless Department Store. Directly in front of the courthouse is a tent store, an unusual site considering all the permanent buildings that line Elm Street .

Intersection Main and Patterson Streets. Shown in the center is the Patterson Building built in 1911 to house the Bank of Robeson. On the left is the J.W. Carter building and on the right McNatt's Drug Store.