Homes

McLean Residence. Angus Wilton McLean and his wife, Margaret Jones French, with their three children lived in this landmark of downtown Lumberton . McLean served as director of the U. S. War Finance Corporation and Assistant Secretary of the Treasury. In 1925 McLean was elected governor of NC. He undertook to expand the powers of the executive branch. With the new power to direct the state finances, he could reduce legislative appropriations, cut salaries, and appoint commissions. He brought all the state agencies under one budget process supervised by the Governor's Office. He also organized many of the county's business such as the National Bank of Lumberton in 1897, which later became Southern National Bank; the Lumberton and Dresden Cotton Mills; and the Virginia & Carolina Southern Railroad. Governor Angus Wilton McLean was claimed by death on 20 June 1935 . In 1952 Governor McLean's son, Hector MacLean, was named attorney and assistant to the President of his father's bank. He was named President and Chairman of the Board in 1955 and headed the bank until 1990. In addition to his banking interest Hector MacLean served as Mayor of Lumberton, NC 1949-1953 and State Senator 1961-1971. He was the President of the Board of Directors of Medical Foundation of North Carolina from 1971 until 1993; under his guidance endowment grew from $5 million to $40 million. Like his father, Hector MacLean was very interested in history and served as chairman of many commissions and foundations concerned with history such as the North Carolina Commission on the Bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution, North Carolina Confederate Centennial Commission, North Carolina Bicentennial Foundation, North Carolina Bicentennial Commission, Robeson County Bicentennial Commission, and the Robeson County Bicentennial Foundation. MacLean received many honors including being a 1996 Inductee of the North Carolina Business Hall of Fame for his contributions to the banking industry of North Carolina and in 1997 a portion of Interstate 95 going through Lumberton, NC was named the “Hector MacLean Highway”. (Courtesy Paul Valenti and Carla Baxley)

R.L. McLeod Residence. This Maxton Neo-Classical Revival house was built in 1908 for Robert Lee McLeod. He was a large farmer and lumberman; he his saw mill processed all the lumber for the house. The architect suggested that the home face Florence Street and the new residence of A.J. McKinnon, but McLeod did not want the back of his home toward the Presbyterian Church so the home was built facing Graham Street . After McLeod's death in 1942, it was home to his daughter, Ruth McLeod Allen and her family until 2004. McLeod was active in the development of Carolina College for Women in Maxton.

J.A. Johnson's Residence. James A. Johnson built this home on Old Stage Road at the time that it was the main business and residential section of St. Pauls. He and his brother, Walter D. Johnson, operated large farms in business interests that included Johnson Brothers Lumber Co., McEachern-Johnson-McGeachy Co., St, Pauls Cotton Mill and the Bank of St. Pauls.