{"nrhp_refnum":"86000789","name":"North Union Street Historic District","other_names":["See Also:Odell--Locke--Randolph Cotton Mill"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Peachtree Ave. NW, Church St. N, Cobran Ave. SW, and Georgia St. NW and Spring St. N","address_restricted":false,"city":"Concord","county":"Cabarrus County","state":"NC","lat":35.41391340100006,"lon":-80.58735079613328,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-04-15","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Industry"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A residential historic district of 190 properties across about twenty-five blocks northwest of downtown Concord, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, running along North Union Street and adjoining streets from the Odell-Locke-Randolph Mill southward.","why_significant":"The district is significant for its wide range of architectural styles, from mid-nineteenth-century Greek Revival and Italianate houses through Queen Anne, Colonial Revival and bungalow designs. The houses reflect Concord's economic growth in the six decades after the Civil War and the taste and standing of its leading citizens, including textile industrialists. It also contains six pivotal churches and a notable industrial mill.","narrative":"North Union Street Historic District covers about twenty-five blocks northwest of downtown Concord, North Carolina, beginning at the Odell-Locke-Randolph Mill and running a mile south toward the business district. It holds 190 properties, of which 174 were built as residences, along with seven churches. Of these, 122 contribute to the district's character and 31 are pivotal. About three-fourths are frame buildings, and two-thirds are two stories tall. The houses show a broad range of styles: vernacular Greek Revival and Italianate dwellings of the mid-1800s, Gothic Revival and Second Empire examples, Queen Anne houses from the 1880s onward, and Colonial Revival and bungalow designs of the early twentieth century. Many were built for Concord's industrialists and other prominent citizens during the town's prosperity after the Civil War, and later remodelings often added Colonial Revival porches. Most buildings are well preserved. Mature trees line the streets, and setbacks vary with the surrounding hills and ridges.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Greek Revival, Italianate, Gothic Revival, Second Empire, Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, bungalow and Neo-Federal","criteria":[],"status_note":"Most buildings are in good or excellent condition and occupied; the first William Bell House is uninhabitable after failed rehabilitation attempts, and several houses are under restoration.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:48.821232-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/53/7193/47719353/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/86000789.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47719353","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Union_Street_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18155171"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/cabarrus-county/north-union-street-historic-district-86000789/"}