{"nrhp_refnum":"86000736","name":"South Union Street Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Corban Ave. SW, S. Union St., Blume Ave. SE, and Spring St. SW","address_restricted":false,"city":"Concord","county":"Cabarrus County","state":"NC","lat":35.40368268900005,"lon":-80.57473491189927,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-04-10","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"South Union Street Historic District is a linear district of ninety-six properties lining a nearly mile-long segment of the principal street leading south from downtown Concord, Cabarrus County, North Carolina. Its buildings are mostly houses built from the late nineteenth century through the 1930s, along with St. James Lutheran Church.","why_significant":"The district is significant for its concentration of houses spanning Italianate, Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, bungalow and English cottage styles, several of them outstanding examples of their periods. It also includes St. James Lutheran Church, described as Cabarrus County's finest early twentieth century example of Gothic Revival church design. Several houses were designed by Charlotte architects Louis H. Asbury and Hook and Sawyer.","narrative":"Along a nearly mile-long stretch of the principal street running south from Concord's central business district stand ninety-six properties, most of them houses built between the late nineteenth century and the 1930s. Four two-story Italianate residences, including the John Osborne Wallace House and the William H. Blume House with its mansard roof, are among the earliest survivors. Turn-of-the-century development brought Queen Anne and Colonial Revival houses, most notably the James Dayvault House, regarded as the finest Queen Anne design in the district. The 1920s produced a large group of bungalows and English cottage style houses. St. James Lutheran Church, built in 1927-1928 of random-coursed granite, is a Gothic Revival landmark. Sixty-nine buildings contribute to the district's architectural significance, and the district is listed for the variety and quality of its architecture across these decades.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Italianate, Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, Bungalow, English Cottage, Late Colonial Revival, Gothic Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"The buildings are generally well-preserved and in good or excellent condition; virtually all are occupied.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:42.436943-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/41/7193/47719341/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/86000736.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47719341","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Union_Street_Historic_District_(Concord,_North_Carolina)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7568716"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/cabarrus-county/south-union-street-historic-district-86000736/"}