South Union Street Historic District

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.