Union Historic District

Union Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Monroe County Courthouse in 2022
Location	Roughly along Main, Dunlap, Pump and Elmwood Sts. N from Royal Oak Field, including Paradise and Monument Fields, Union, West Virginia
Coordinates	37°35′35″N 80°32′25″W
Area	175 acres (71 ha)
Architectural style	Bungalow/craftsman, Greek Revival, Queen Anne
NRHP reference No.	90001844
Added to NRHP	December 6, 1990

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.

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.

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

Gallery

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

External links

Media related to Union Historic District at Wikimedia Commons

• Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. WV-121, "Church, Union, Monroe County, WV", 1 photo, 1 photo caption page
• HABS No. WV-122, "House, Union, Monroe County, WV", 1 photo, 1 photo caption page