College Courts

From 1947 to 1955 almost half of the 16 million World War II veterans had finished their education or training made possible by their G. I. Bill benefits. The trailers and barracks fondly called “trailerville” that were installed to handle the flood of returning veterans at Concord when the war ended were no longer needed. 

College Courts, a complex of apartments that accomodated a mix of single students, veterans, and married students and their families was built in 1958 to replace the barracks and trailers. The College Courts were built during the administration of Concord President Virgil Harvey Stewart. 

A student who lived in one of  the studio apartments while taking a Spanish course and working in the game room during the summer of 1994 described the apartments as one story brick buildings with flat roofs. They were near the college financial aid building and still close to everything. Her apartment had a small kitchen area, living room and bedroom together with a separate bathroom. She described the apartment as nice but by then beginning to show its age. The windows were old, for example. She said it was nice to live separately from the dorm but still be on campus for convenience. There were just a few people occupying the apartments that summer.

In 2024 the apartments are still in use to house students attending Concord University.