North Union Street Historic District

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.