Historic Districts
Vacant / Not In Use
South Carolina - Union County
Union County South Carolina has 31 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 2 places of National significance and 12 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Battle of Blackstock's Historic Site, Musgrove's Mill Historic Battle Site, Buffalo Mill Historic District, Corinth Baptist Church and Cross Keys House.

Many famous people are associated with these Union County historic places including William H. Gist, Jefferson Davis, Judge Thomas N. Dawkins, Thomas Bothwell Jeter, Dr. Lawerence W. Long and Thomas Duncan.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Union County places including J.S. Starr, Whaley,W.B.Smith,& Co., Robert Mills, William H. Gist, Byrd Mruphy, Joseph Cunningham, W.J. Keenan, King Lumber Co., H. Olin Jones and J.E. Sherman. Prominent architectural styles found in Union Country are Classical Revival, Greek Revival and Georgian.

Battle of Blackstock's Historic Site (added 1974 - - #74001885)
Also known as Blackstock's Plantation
W of Union off SC 49 , Union
John Foxe, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Military
Period of Significance:
1750-1799
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Defense, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Battle Site, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Park
More Information:
archives document
Buffalo Mill Historic District (added 1990 - - #90001506)
Village of Buffalo and immediate surroundings , Buffalo
KudzuVine, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Whaley,W.B.Smith,& Co.
Architectural Style:
Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements, Romanesque
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Industry
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Energy Facility, Manufacturing Facility, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Energy Facility, Manufacturing Facility, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store
More Information:
archives document
Cedar Bluff (added 1974 - - #74001886)
Also known as Byrd Murphy House
SC 49 , Union
Bigskybill, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering, Person
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Mruphy,Byrd
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Historic Person:
Bobo,Young S.,et al.
Significant Year:
1790
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Architecture, Commerce, Military
Period of Significance:
1750-1799
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Central Graded School (added 1978 - - #78002534)
Also known as Central School
309 Academy St. , Unlon
Bigskybill, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Education, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
School
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
More Information:
archives document
Corinth Baptist Church (added 1989 - - #89000939)
N. Herndon St. , Union
Bigskybill, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Late Gothic Revival
Area of Significance:
Black, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Religious Structure
Current Function:
Religion
Current Sub-function:
Religious Structure
More Information:
archives document
Cross Keys House (added 1971 - - #71000811)
SW of Union on SC 49 , Union
Bigskybill, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering, Person
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Georgian
Historic Person:
Davis,Jefferson
Significant Year:
1814, 1812
Area of Significance:
Agriculture, Architecture, Military
Period of Significance:
1800-1824
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Culp House (added 1975 - - #75001709)
300 N. Mountain St. , Union
Upstateherd, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Classical Revival, Colonial Revival
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Dawkins, Judge Thomas, House (added 1973 - - #73001735)
Also known as The Shrubs
Dawkins Court, N of E. Main St. , Union
Bigskybill, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Historic Person:
Dawkins,Judge Thomas N.
Significant Year:
1865
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
East Main Street--Douglass Heights Historic District (added 1989 - - #89000796)
Roughly bounded by Perrin Ave., S. Church St., and E. Main St., and 100--121 Douglass Heights , Union
Bigskybill, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Education
Historic Sub-function:
School, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic, Education
Current Sub-function:
School, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Episcopal Church of the Nativity (added 1974 - - #74001881)
Also known as See Also:Union MPS
Church and Pinckney Sts. , Union
Bigskybill, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Gothic Revival
Historic Person:
Tiffany,Louis Comfort
Significant Year:
1856, 1859, 1855
Area of Significance:
Art, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Religious Structure
Current Function:
Religion
Current Sub-function:
Religious Structure
More Information:
archives document
Fair Forest Hotel (added 1984 - - #84000346)
221 E. Main St. , Union
Bigskybill, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
King Lumber Co., Jones,H. Olin
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Hotel
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Hotel
More Information:
archives document
Gist, Nathaniel, House (added 2011 - - #11000015)
162 Fant Acres Rd., Union
Smallbones, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Greek Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
More Information:
archives document
Herndon Terrace (added 1970 - - #70000604)
Also known as W.E. Thomason Place
N. Pinckney St. and Catherine St. , Union
Bigskybill, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Greek Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Landscape Architecture
Period of Significance:
1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Hillside (added 1978 - - #78002533)
NW of Carlisle on SC 215 , Carlisle
Bigskybill, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Sherman,J.E.
Architectural Style:
Federal
Area of Significance:
Art, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Jeter, Gov. Thomas B., House (added 1974 - - #74001882)
Also known as Sarratt House
203 Thompson Blvd. , Union
Bigskybill, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Person
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Historic Person:
Jeter,Thomas Bothwell
Significant Year:
1890, 1859
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
McWhirter House (added 2003 - - #03000272)
415 Pacolet St. , Jonesville
Bigskybill, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Cunningham, Joseph
Architectural Style:
Classical Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Means House (added 1973 - - #73001734)
2 mi. SW of Jonesville on SC 12 , Jonesville
Bigskybill, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Georgian
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1800-1824
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Meng House (added 1976 - - #76001714)
Also known as The Hill House;Clough-Wallace House
117 Academy St. , Union
Bigskybill, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Greek Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Merridun (added 1974 - - #74001883)
100 Merridun Pl. , Union
Bigskybill, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Person
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Keenan,W.J.
Architectural Style:
Classical Revival
Historic Person:
Duncan,Thomas
Significant Year:
1855
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Industry, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Musgrove's Mill Historic Battle Site (added 1975 - - #75001708)
2.5 mi. S of Cross Anchor on SC 56 , Cross Anchor
John Foxe, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Military
Period of Significance:
1750-1799
Owner:
State, Private
Historic Function:
Defense
Historic Sub-function:
Battle Site
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Landscape, Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Park
More Information:
archives document
Padgett's Creek Baptist Church (added 1971 - - #71000810)
E of Cross Keys on SC 18 , Cross Keys
Bigskybill, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Church School, Religious Structure
Current Function:
Religion
Current Sub-function:
Church School, Religious Structure
More Information:
archives document
Pinckneyville (added 1969 - - #69000175)
13 mi. NE of Union on SC 13 , Union
Bigskybill, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Historic - Non-Aboriginal
Cultural Affiliation:
Early American Settlement
Period of Significance:
1750-1799
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Village Site
Current Function:
Work In Progress
More Information:
archives document
Rose Hill (added 1970 - - #70000605)
Also known as Rose Hill Park
9 mi. SSW of Union on CR 16 , Union
Bigskybill, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Person, Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Gist,William H.
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Historic Person:
Gist,William H.
Significant Year:
1832, 1860, 1828
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Landscape Architecture, Agriculture, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Park
More Information:
archives document
South Street--South Church Street Historic District (added 1983 - - #83002211)
Also known as South Street Historic District;See Also:Union MPS
Roughly South St. between Church & Boyce Sts. , Union
Nyttend, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Other, Tudor Revival, Queen Anne
Area of Significance:
Social History, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Religious Structure
Current Function:
Domestic, Religion, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Religious Structure, Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
South Street--South Church Street Historic District (Boundary Increase) (added 1989 - - #89000798)
Also known as See Also:South Street--South Church Street Historic District
Roughly S. Church St. from South St. to Henrietta St. , Union
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Union Community Hospital (added 1996 - - #96000835)
213 W. Main St. , Union
Bigskybill, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Person
Historic Person:
Long, Dr. Lawerence W.
Significant Year:
1945, 1932
Area of Significance:
Black, Health/Medicine
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Health Care
Historic Sub-function:
Hospital
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade
Current Sub-function:
Financial Institution
More Information:
archives document
Union County Jail (added 1974 - - #74001884)
Main St. , Union
Bigskybill, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Mills,Robert
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Social History
Period of Significance:
1800-1824
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Government
Historic Sub-function:
Correctional Facility
Current Function:
Domestic, Government
Current Sub-function:
Correctional Facility, Courthouse, Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Union Downtown Historic District (added 1989 - - #89000795)
Also known as See Also:Fair Forest Hotel
Roughly bounded by E. Academy, N. Church, Main, and N. Herndon Sts., Sharpe Ave., and N. Gadberry St. , Union
Bigskybill, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements
Area of Significance:
Industry, Architecture, Commerce, Transportation
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Federal, Local, Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Government, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Courthouse, Manufacturing Facility, Post Office, Rail-Related
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Government, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Courthouse, Manufacturing Facility, Post Office, Rail-Related
More Information:
archives document
Union Downtown Historic District (Boundary Increase) (added 2003 - - #03000206)
Also known as Flynn Building
125-129 W. Main St. , Union
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Commerce
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Social
Historic Sub-function:
Meeting Hall, Professional
Current Function:
Work In Progress
More Information:
archives document
Union High School--Main Street Grammar School (added 1989 - - #89000797)
Also known as University of South Carolina--Union Administration Building
E. Main and N. Church Sts. , Union
Bigskybill, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Starr,J.S.
Architectural Style:
Classical Revival
Area of Significance:
Education, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
School
Current Function:
Education
Current Sub-function:
College
More Information:
archives document
Woodland Plantation (added 2001 - - #01000607)
Also known as Jeter, James T., House
3435 Santuc-Carlisle Hwy--SC 215 , Carlisle
Bigskybill, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Greek Revival
Area of Significance:
Agriculture, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
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