{"nrhp_refnum":"74001328","name":"Cabarrus County Courthouse","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Union St., S.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Concord","county":"Cabarrus County","state":"NC","lat":35.41055664700008,"lon":-80.58082797599997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1974-06-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Military","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-and-one-half story stuccoed and rusticated brick county courthouse on South Union Street in Concord, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, built in 1875-1876 after the previous courthouse burned.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it an impressive and highly individualized example of Victorian governmental architecture that combines Classic Revival, Italianate and Second Empire styles. It is one of only two known North Carolina buildings designed by architect G. S. H. Appleget. Newspaper reports and county commissioners' minutes document its construction unusually well.","narrative":"Built in 1875-1876 on South Union Street in Concord, this brick courthouse replaced the county's earlier courthouse, which burned in February 1875. Architect G. S. H. Appleget designed it, F. W. Ahrens served as contractor and Michael Maffitt as brick mason. The building mixes Second Empire, Classic Revival and Italianate elements, with a pedimented three-story entrance pavilion, a clock tower with a convex mansard roof and delicate cresting, bullseye dormers and a heavy Victorian masonry porch. Inside, a center hall holds matched circular stairs leading to a large second-floor courtroom. Appleget is known to have designed only one other building in North Carolina, a Raleigh town house. Local newspapers and commissioners' minutes record the construction, including a bell, a clock and decorative plaster ceilings, and a total cost of $30,000 for courthouse and jail. Court first met there in July 1876. When nominated, it served as office space, and a local group was working to save it from demolition.","period_of_significance":"19th Century (specific date 1876)","architect_builder":"Architect G. S. H. Appleget; contractor F. W. Ahrens; brick contractor/mason Michael Maffitt","architectural_style":"Combination of Second Empire, Classic Revival and Italianate","criteria":[],"status_note":"Court was held there until recently and it is still used for office space, but it was threatened with demolition; a new courthouse has been built and its future was uncertain. Condition is marked good and altered.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:58:58.263607-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/63/7193/47719363/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/74001328.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74001328/6afd3c39f5-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74001328/6afd3c39f5-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Upstateherd","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Old_Cabarrus_County_County_Courthouse.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Upstateherd</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Old_Cabarrus_County_County_Courthouse.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"86000789","name":"North Union Street Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/north-carolina/north-union-street-historic-district-86000789/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47719363","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabarrus_County_Courthouse","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5015258"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/cabarrus-county/cabarrus-county-courthouse-74001328/"}