Hotels and Inns

Santee Tourist Inn. A favorite story concerning this place was about the restaurant that was known for its fried chicken. Janette Sibbett told that she and her sisters craved the chicken late one night; they climbed out the window of their bedroom and pushed the family car out of the driveway and down the street a block. They then started the car, went to the Santee and picked up a bucket of chicken to go. They stopped the block before the house and pushed the car back into the drive. Crawling back in the window they quickly eat the chicken and fell asleep. They thought they had managed to get away with their late night trip until they realized at school the next day that they left the bucket of bones under the bed.

Hotel Red Springs. This wonderful wooden hotel was located in a nine acre grove. It served not only the visitors of the Southern Presbyterian College but offered services to those seeking the mineral springs located nearby. The hotel was also drew large groups of hunters who came year after year to hunt in the game filled woods surrounding Red Springs. The hotel had hunting privileges to over 20,000 acres. The hotel featured hot and cold water in each room with private baths on every floor.

Burney's Tourist Home. This bungalow style home was built by local builder Thomas Matthew Burney in 1916 as home for him and his wife Mary Emily “Mollie” Russell. They were parents of Russell Thomas, Mary Pauline “Polly”, Doris Elizabeth, Loris Fay and Cleo. In October 1929 Mollie began operating a tourist home in the house.

After his wife has operated the tourist home for eight years in the bungalow house, Thomas Matthew Burney remolded the house into this large two story home. Mollie Burney operated the tourist home until her death, afterwards her daughter, Polly, continued its operation. Located on Highway 301 in downtown Lumberton this tourist home was located on the same block as the Skinner Tourist Home, a favorite stop for men in the tobacco business there was never an empty room during the tobacco market.