The city of Union is the county seat of Union County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 8,393 at the 2010 census. It is the principal city of the Union Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Union County and which is further included in the greater Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, South Carolina Combined Statistical Area.
Bonham House, also known as Flat Grove, is a historic home located near Saluda, Saluda County, South Carolina. It was built about 1780, and is a two-story, log "dogtrot house." The house sits on fieldstone pillars. It was the boyhood home of Battle of the Alamo soldier James Bonham and his brother politician Milledge Luke Bonham, who served as governor of South Carolina during the American Civil War.
Horry-Guignard House is a historic home located at Columbia, South Carolina. It was built before 1813, and is a two-story, late Federal style, modified I-house type frame dwelling. The front facade features a one-story, full-width balustraded porch supported by square columns. During the winter of 1813–1814, the main hall was widened from six feet to eleven feet. To do this, the house was sawed in half and the two ends were pulled apart to rest on two new foundations. It was probably built by Peter Horry (1747-1815), a Revolutionary War Colonel and Brigadier General of the South Carolina Militia. Later, the house was acquired by John Gabriel Guignard (1751-1822), the Surveyor General of South Carolina from 1798 to 1802. Guignard is responsible for the early design of the city and laid out the first streets of Columbia.
Town Theatre is a historic community theatre located at Columbia, South Carolina. It was built in 1924, and is a rectangular brick building with a two-story glazed central arch with Art Deco influences. A brick annex was added to the rear of the building in the 1950s. It houses one of the first community theatres in the United States.
McMakin's Tavern, also known as the Morgan-Stewart House, is a historic stagecoach stop and plantation home located near Lyman, Spartanburg County, South Carolina. It was built about 1790, and is a two-story, clapboard single house with gable end chimneys. It features a one-story, full width veranda supported by square columns. The interior features elaborately carved woodwork in the Adam style. The house operated as a stagecoach stop in the early-19th century.
Ellerbe's Mill, also known as Millvale, is a historic grist mill complex located near Rembert, Sumter County, South Carolina. The mill was built about 1830, and is a 2 1/2-story pine clapboard building mounted on wooden pilings situated on a 90-acre millpond. Also located on the property is the associated store (1910); the two-story, frame Victorian style main house ; several tenant houses; and a dovecote.
Woodland Plantation is a historic plantation house and farm complex located near Carlisle, Union County, South Carolina, United States. It was built about 1850, and is a two-story, Greek Revival style clapboard structure. It features a front porch with square columns that have windows on all four sides. The complex includes buildings dating from 1850 to about 1950. They include a storehouse, a smokehouse, a carriage house, a bull pen, a cotton gin house, a privy, a hay barn, a calf barn, an office, a dairy milking parlor, and a silo.
Cross Keys House is a historic plantation house located at Cross Keys, Union County, South Carolina. It was built about 1812–1814, and is a two-story, five bay, brick Georgian Colonial style dwelling. It features a gabled roof with identical pairs of end chimneys, a massive raised first-story portico, and date stones carved with the date of the house's completion (1814), original owner's initials (B.B.), and crossed keys thought to be the insignia of the builder.
McWhirter House is a historic home located at Jonesville, Union County, South Carolina. It was built in 1909, and is a two-story, frame Classical Revival style dwelling. It features a full-height porch supported by classical columns, that is symmetrically balanced with side porches accented with classical detailing.
Cedar Bluff, also known as the Byrd Murphy House, is a historic home located near Union, Union County, South Carolina. It was built about 1790, and is a small, two-story, timber frame I-house. It features a one-story shed porch supported by square plank columns. A rear wing was added to the house after 1900.
Culp House is a historic home located at Union, Union County, South Carolina. It was built about 1857, and is a two-story, brick structure, with Georgian and Neo-Classical design details. The front façade features a two-tiered, five-bay porch with Doric order columns.
Judge Thomas Dawkins House, also known as The Shrubs, is a historic home located at Union, Union County, South Carolina. It was built about 1845, and is a two-story clapboard dwelling with a hipped metal roof. The front facade features a five-bay wide verandah supported by six chamfered columns. It was the residence of Judge Thomas Dawkins, a well-known political leader in Union County during and after the American Civil War.
Gov. Thomas B. Jeter House, also known as Sarratt House, is a historic home located at Union, Union County, South Carolina. It was built in 1859, and is a two-story, clapboard dwelling with Victorian detailing. It features a one-story front verandah and scalloped trim. It was the home of Thomas Bothwell Jeter, who served as the 79th Governor of South Carolina from September 1, 1880, to November 30, 1880.
Meng House, also known as The Hill House and Clough-Wallace House, is a historic home located at Union in Union County, South Carolina, United States. It was built about 1832, and is a two-story, Greek Revival style frame dwelling. It features two two-story Doric order porticos supported by four stucco-over-brick columns. It has a two-story wing that houses the kitchen with bathrooms above.
Herndon Terrace, also known as W.E. Thomson House, is a historic home located at Union, Union County, South Carolina. It was built about 1845–1848, and is a two-story, Greek Revival style frame dwelling. It features massive columned porticos on three sides, with solid brick columns covered with stucco. Also on the property are a once separate kitchen, that now adjoins the house, and an old slave cabin and cistern.
Central Graded School, also known as Central School, is a historic school building located at Union, Union County, South Carolina. It was built in 1891, and is a two-story, "T"-shaped Richardsonian Romanesque style brick building with the square bell tower. Rear additions were built in 1899, 1904, and about 1930.
Main Street Grammar School, also known as Union High School, is a historic school building located at Union, Union County, South Carolina. It was built in 1909, and is a two-story, brick Neo-Classical building. It features a brick parapet, central projecting bay and large pedimented portico. In 1965, the Union Campus of the University of South Carolina acquired the building and rehabilitated it to serve as its main campus building.
Union Community Hospital is a historic hospital building for African-American patients during segregation located at Union, Union County, South Carolina. The front section was built about 1915 as a frame residence, and is a two-story building on which a brick veneer was placed in the 1930s, with Neo-Classical style design elements. The brick rear section was added in 1949. The Union Community Hospital was founded in December 1932, and provided services to the African-American community of Union County for 43 years.
Union County Jail is a historic jail building located at Union, Union County, South Carolina. It is attributed to Robert Mills and built in 1823. It is a two-story, Palladian style granite ashlar structure. The structure has had two additions since 1900 and the interior has undergone extensive alteration.
Nathaniel Gist House is a historic home located near Union, Union County, South Carolina. It was built in 1855, and is a two-story, Greek Revival brick dwelling. It features a stuccoed white, brick-columned portico. Also on the property is a stone-lined circular well constructed with stones from the Broad River and capped with pecked granite slabs.
