Union Historic District

Union Historic District is a national historic district located at Union, Monroe County, West Virginia. The district includes 174 contributing buildings, 2 contributing sites, 7 contributing structures, and 1 contributing object in the Union and surrounding areas.

Union Historic District
Monroe County Courthouse in 2022
Union Historic District is located in West Virginia
Union Historic District
Union Historic District is located in the United States
Union Historic District
LocationRoughly along Main, Dunlap, Pump and Elmwood Sts. N from Royal Oak Field, including Paradise and Monument Fields, Union, West Virginia
Coordinates37°35′35″N 80°32′25″W
Area175 acres (71 ha)
Architectural styleBungalow/craftsman, Greek Revival, Queen Anne
NRHP reference No.90001844[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 6, 1990

Notable properties include the Monroe County Courthouse (c. 1882), Union High School (1939), Monroe County Confederate Monument (1901), Monroe Department Store (1898), Watchman Office (c. 1870), Union Presbyterian Church (1922), Union United Methodist Church (c. 1889), old Baptist Church (c. 1845), All Saints Episcopal Church (c. 1873), old brick Methodist Church (c. 1831), old Union Academy (c. 1820), and Old Temperance Hall (c. 1849). Located in the district are the separately listed Elmwood, Walnut Grove and Brig. Gen. John Echols House.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.[1]

  • Statue in Confederate Memorial Park
    Statue in Confederate Memorial Park
  • Commercial buildings in the district
    Commercial buildings in the district
  • Commercial buildings in the district
    Commercial buildings in the district
  • Clark-Wiseman House
    Clark-Wiseman House
  • Ames-Clair Hall
    Ames-Clair Hall

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Ronald L. Ripley (July 1990). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Union Historic District" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved August 18, 2011.

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