Hotel Concord

{{Short description|Historic hotel in North Carolina, United States}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}

{{Infobox NRHP | name =Hotel Concord

| nrhp_type = cp | nocat = yes

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| location= Union Street, N., Concord, North Carolina

| coordinates = {{coord|35|24|38|N|80|34|53|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = North Carolina#USA

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| built = 1926

| architect= William Lee Stoddart

| architecture= Beaux-Arts architecture

| designated_nrhp_type = December 10, 2003{{NRISref|version=2010a}}

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| partof = Union Street North–Cabarrus Avenue Commercial Historic District

| partof_refnum = 903001272

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Hotel Concord, located at Union Street N. and Cabarrus Avenue in Concord, North Carolina, was completed in 1926 and contributes to the Union Street North–Cabarrus Avenue Commercial Historic District.

The 46,536-square-foot building is the largest historic property in Cabarrus County, North Carolina and the second-largest privately owned building in downtown Concord.

Concord National Bank (later First Charter Bank) moved to the newly built Hotel Concord, a six-story Beaux Arts Classical Revival building with arch windows, "faced with ashlar limestone ornamented with classical motifs,"{{cite web|url=https://www.concorddowntown.com/Tour/HistoricWalkingTour.aspx|title=Concord Historic Walking Tour|publisher=Concord Downtown Development Corp.|accessdate=May 4, 2017}} designed by William Lee Stoddart.{{cite web|url=http://ncarchitects.lib.ncsu.edu/people/P000117|title=Stoddart, William Lee (1868-1940)|work=North Carolina Architects & Builders: A Biographical Dictionary|publisher=North Carolina State University|accessdate=May 10, 2010}}

Union Street Corporation approved the sale of the hotel to Rehab Development in February 2016.{{cite news|url=http://www.independenttribune.com/news/offer-accepted-for-hotel-concord/article_c0038510-dcb0-11e5-946d-8b246ecbbb8a.html|title=Offer accepted for Hotel Concord|last=Knox|first=Michael|work=Independent Tribune|date=February 26, 2016|accessdate=May 3, 2017}} The city of Concord agreed to buy properties previously part of Fifth Third Bank and planned to donate those to Rehab Development.{{cite news|url=http://www.independenttribune.com/news/concord-to-buy-fifth-third-properties-downtown/article_1211e286-0e23-11e6-adb8-7b417aa33954.html|title=Concord to buy Fifth Third properties downtown|last=Knox|first=Michael|work=Independent Tribune|date=April 29, 2016|accessdate=May 3, 2017}}{{cite news|url=http://www.independenttribune.com/news/concord-to-donate-fifth-third-portion-to-hotel-concord-redeveloper/article_08e349d0-25a6-11e6-9569-97cc7392f30d.html|title=Concord to donate Fifth Third portion to Hotel Concord redeveloper |last=Knox|first=Michael|work=Independent Tribune|date=May 29, 2016|accessdate=May 3, 2017}}

In December 2016, work began on the $5.3 million Rehab Development project, which included the hotel, the First Charter Bank building, and the Concord Telephone Company building on Cabarrus Avenue. The hotel was converted to 40 apartments on the four upper floors and seven commercial spaces, including an event venue already being used, including the ballroom, kitchen, lobby and part of the basement.{{cite news|url=http://www.independenttribune.com/news/construction-begins-on-historic-hotel/article_ddf6fab2-bf4e-11e6-8d9a-7725d24b4529.html|title=Construction begins on historic hotel |last=Knox|first=Michael|work=Independent Tribune|date=December 10, 2016|accessdate=May 3, 2017}}

The View at Hotel Concord began leasing apartments on June 1, and Union Street Market opened on the hotel's ground floor in July 2018.{{cite news|url=https://www.independenttribune.com/news/hotel-concord-apartments-ready-to-lease/article_7b0215f0-94da-11e8-9b57-13c6d7f8d191.html|title=Hotel Concord apartments ready to lease|last=Weeks|first=Erin|work=Independent Tribune|date=July 31, 2018|accessdate=July 31, 2018}}