Union Historic District is a national

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located at

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Monroe County, West Virginia Monroe County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 12,376. Its county seat is Union. Monroe County was the home of Andrew Summers Rowan of Spanish–American War fame, who is immortalized in ...

. 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

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in 1990.

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Confederate Monument, Union, WV.jpg, Statue in Confederate Memorial Park Union Historic District 2022a.jpg, Commercial buildings in the district Union Historic District 202b.jpg, Commercial buildings in the district The Clark-Wiseman House, one of Union, West Virginia's earliest structures LCCN2015634357.tif, Clark-Wiseman House Ames-Clair Hall, the old Ames Methodist Church, built in 1857 in Union, West Virginia LCCN2015634358.tif, Ames-Clair Hall

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* * National Register of Historic Places in Monroe County, West Virginia Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia Greek Revival architecture in West Virginia Queen Anne architecture in West Virginia Buildings and structures in Monroe County, West Virginia Historic American Buildings Survey in West Virginia Historic districts in Monroe County, West Virginia Bungalow architecture in West Virginia American Craftsman architecture in West Virginia {{MonroeCountyWV-NRHP-stub