CONCORD HISTORIC WALKING TOUR
Welcome to North Union Street. This tour is designed to start from the downtown area and proceed north toward Buffalo Avenue. This was the primary residential area for merchants, industrialists, and professionals serving Concord during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and showcases some of the finest architecture in Cabarrus County. This tour highlights fourteen pivotal properties. However, other notable buildings, homes and churches can be viewed strolling the area including Spring Street and the Edgewood neighborhood. Concord's Historic Districts are an important part of North Carolina's architectural legacy.
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1. E.T. Cannon Residence
First Presbyterian Church Fellowship House
This house, built in the late 1920's, is Cabarrus County's only example of the Jacobethan Revival style. This style shows well in the characteristic features of brick construction with decorative stone trim, bay and oriel windows, tall corbeled chimneys, and the use of roof parapets. An unusual features, used by the architect William H. Peeps, was the use of Tudor style stone surrounds at the principal doorways.
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2. Daniel Branson Coltrane Residence
84 North Union Street
A combination of Colonial Revival and Queen Anne design, the Coltrane residence was constructed around 1983. The asymmetrical L-shaped form, steep facade and gable, the scalloped shingles and raised exterior panels reflect the Queen Anne influence. The use of tapered Tuscan columns and classical entablature and dentil course are some of the Colonial Revival details which were often used to embellish the Queen Anne designs.
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Daniel Branson Coltrane was a Civil War veteran and secretary-treasurer of the Concord National Bank. His daughter, Ruth married Charles A. Cannon.
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3. Charles Albert Cannon Residence
94 North Union Street
The home of Charles and Ruth Cannon, designed by the Philadelphia architect, Charles Keen, is a prime example of Neo-Federal residential design. The house, which was finished in 1928 exhibits a symmetrical form and broad facade. At the entrance, four fluted pilasters frame the sidelights and fan lit door. Other features to note are the three flemish bond chimneys and lattice balustrades at the porch.
4. David Franklin Cannon Residence
100 North Union Street
Remodeled in the Colonial Revival style in the early 1900's from a former Italianate design, this house was completely transformed by the heirs of D.F. Cannon. The simple, nicely restrained, exterior does house much of the original Italianate detailed woodwork on the interior.
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5. James William Cannon Residence
122 North Union Street
This house, built prior to 1885, underwent considerable renovation in the early 1920's. However, its distinctive Italianate style is highly visible. A masonry structure, the main block of this home has a tall narrow form flanked by single-story wings. Beautiful Italianate trim, including a paneled frieze, adorns the cornice at the flat roofed main section.
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James Cannon built his second house around 1900 at 65 North Union Street.
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6. Dr. D.G. Caldwell Residence
130 North Union Street
A bold example of the Colonial Revival style, this house was built in 1908. A two-story portico, supported by paired Ionic columns, dominates the symmetrical facade. Other notable features include the stained-glass transoms over the first floor windows and the beautiful lattice work in the muntins on the upper window transoms.
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Dr. Caldwell practiced near the present Odell School, in what was previously known as the Tulin Community, in upper northwest Cabarrus County.
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7. William G. Means Residence
138 North Union Street
This picturesque home exemplifies the Queen Anne style. Built in the late 1800's, it possesses the typical L-shape form and asymmetrical facade. A two-story projecting gabled front plays off of another smaller projecting second floor balcony with a domed turnet roof. Extensive paneling can be seen within the gable and friezes along the eaves. The slate roof uses alternating bands of straight and hexagonal shingles.
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A native of Cabarrus County, Mr. Means was a lawyer who served as mayor of Concord from 1890 to 1892 before becoming a member of the NC senate.
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