CONCORD HISTORIC WALKING TOUR
Part 2
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8. John Milton Odell Residence
288 North Union Street
The architect of the former Cabarrus County Courthouse, George S.H. Appleget, also designed this significant residence in the combined Second Empire and Italianate style. Elaborately turned posts support a broad wrap around porch. A concave mansard roof with dormer windows is a distinctive feature, as is the projecting central bay and tower with leaded glass windows. Cast Iron detailing including the fence surrounding this property are original. The porch on the south side of the house was enclosed as a sun room in the 1920's.
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John Odell built his home across the street from his textile mill, which is now Locke Mill Plaza.
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9. W.B. "Will" Archibald Residence
183 North Union Street
This impressive Colonial Revival style home was built in 1908. A tall, two-story Ionic portico with fluted columns rise to a broad entablature and a modillion block cornice with balustrade. The house has a hip-roofed main block pierced by two interior chimneys and a gable-roofed dormer. The sidelights and fan transom of the entrance, and the transoms over the flanking first floor window are leaded glass.
Will Archibald was a farmer.
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10. A. Jones Yorke Residence
123 North Union Street
This home built in 1908, and designed by architect, L.L. Hunter of Charlotte, is perhaps Concord's most distinctive Colonial Revival design. Unusual stone trimmed parapets adorn the tan colored brick exterior walls. Tuscan columns grouped in threes support the porch which is capped with a balustrade. The six paneled entrance door, sidelights and transom are framed by thin colonnettes; details from the Federal style which influenced many homes in Concord in the 1920's.
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11. J.P. Allison Residence
113 North Union Street
Built in the early 1900's, the Allison house is perhaps Concord's most ornate Queen Anne design. While it possesses the typical L-shaped plan and beautiful turned woodwork, it also features distinctive sawn and molded woodwork applied to the facade. Above the first and second floor windows the builder applied a cut-out tree-shaped motif frieze. Other exterior features to note are the corbeled and paneled chimneys with decorative inlays unique to this home.
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John Allison was a merchant and financier. He helped found the Concord Telephone Company. He was also president of the Morrison-Flowe department store and vice-president of Concord National Bank.
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12. N. Felix Yorke Residence
103 North Union Street
Built around 1900, this house combines styles from the Queen Anne and Colonial Revival periods. Slanted two-story bays project from the main, high hip roof at the front of this asymmetrical residence. The broad, flared eaves of the roof are unique. Colonial Revival detailing is seen on the porch and balcony. Tuscan columns are also used.
N. Felix Yorke was a Concord merchant who established the Yorke and Wadsworth Hardware Company during the 1880's in downtown Concord.
13. Joseph F. Cannon Residence
97 North Union Street
This house, built in the Colonial Revival style in 1912, has primarily a symmetrical form with a porte cochere and second floor sun room projecting on one side. Classical detailing is abundant. The entry has a two leafed door, sidelights and transom of leaded glass. A unique feature on the exterior is the large Paladian Dormer window at the center of the roof.
Joseph F. Cannon, a son of James William Cannon, served as president of Wiscasset Mills of Albemarle. He built the Cannon Building / Concord Theatre complex in downtown Concord in the early 1920's.
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14. James William Cannon Residence
65 North Union Street
A combination of the Queen Anne and Colonial Revival styles, J.W. Cannon's second residence in Concord was built around 1900. This house is significant not only architecturally, but historically as well. Most architectural influence is from the Queen Anne style seen in the projecting two-story slanted bay, and a domed turret flanking the central entrance bay. However a variety of Classical detailing enhance the overall design. Fluted Ionic columns are used to support the roof of the wrap around porch and porte-cochere. The room of the porch projects over the entrance with a segmented arched pediment and garland ornament.
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James Cannon's wife, Mary Ella Bost, continued to live in the house until after her husband's death in 1921. When, after her death, the house passed to a grandson. The Cabarrus Academy School occupied the house from 1969 to 1994. Many alterations were made during the time yet most was well preserved. The house is now occupied by a member of the Cannon family.
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