{"nrhp_refnum":"75001282","name":"Latta Arcade","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"320 S. Tryon St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Charlotte","county":"Mecklenburg County","state":"NC","lat":35.22561316200006,"lon":-80.84573233199995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1975-10-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story commercial building at 320 South Tryon Street in Charlotte, North Carolina, built in 1914 to designs by William H. Peeps. It has a ground-floor pedestrian passage linking two parallel streets, and the Brevard Courtyard adjoins it at the rear.","why_significant":"The nomination presents the Arcade as an innovative piece of human-scaled urban design and a sophisticated example of Art Deco interior design. It was built for Edward Dilworth Latta, whose real estate ventures helped shape twentieth-century Charlotte. It is described as one of two arcades in the state, and its sensitive 1969 rehabilitation won a 1973 preservation award.","narrative":"Latta Arcade is a two-story commercial building on South Tryon Street in Charlotte, designed by architect William H. Peeps and completed in 1914. A pedestrian walkway runs through the ground floor, connecting two parallel streets, and the Brevard Courtyard extends it toward Church Street. Inside, a long skylit atrium is lined with shops and offices, a wooden balustrade, paneled friezes, exposed metal roof trusses and Art Nouveau stained glass. The building was commissioned by financier Edward Dilworth Latta, whose construction company developed the Dilworth suburb and later spurred a wave of office building downtown. Contemporary newspapers called the interior a marvel of beauty, and the nomination counts it among only two arcades in the state. After years of neglect, a 1969 renovation by Wolf Associates added a smoked glass curtain wall to the front while leaving the basic structure intact. That work earned a 1973 architectural preservation award, and the property remains a busy retail and office center.","period_of_significance":"1900-","architect_builder":"William H. Peeps (architect); T. L. Caton (building contractor)","architectural_style":"Art Deco interior design","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as in excellent condition and altered. After years of neglect it was renovated in 1969, and the form describes the Arcade and Courtyard as busy retail and office centers.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:58:56.489488-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/96/7212/47721296/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/75001282.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75001282/1f5abb0881-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75001282/1f5abb0881-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Dmadeo","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Latta_Arcade,_interior,_Charlotte,_NC.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Dmadeo</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:Latta_Arcade,_interior,_Charlotte,_NC.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47721296","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latta_Arcade","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6497023"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/mecklenburg-county/latta-arcade-75001282/"}