• A visit to Union 2013. If you grew up in Union, West Virginia and you have not been able to return to Monroe County recently, chances are you will enjoy a little tour of Union and the area.

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Memories

Main Street


Main Street of the town of Union in the early twenties.

Main Street in the town of Union - 1912. Submitted by "The Monroe Watchman"

 

Main Street

Main Street in the town of Union taken about 1910. Robert Clark's International car in front of Shanklin's Union Hotel. The man with the white beard is Robert Boyd. The car coming down the street is the 1909 Cadillac owned by Will Lynch. Submitted by "The Monroe Watchman"

 

Main Street in Union.

Main Street in Union (submitted by Julia Campbell Higginbotham)

 

Town of Union - 1922 (building shown on the left is the present home of "The Monroe Watchman"

 

Town of Union main street - 1940 (looking north) submitted by "The Monroe Watchman"

 

Town of Union main street (taken sometime in the 1940's) submitted by "The Monroe Watchman"

 

Town of Union (taken in the 1950's possibly on Farmer's Day) submitted by "The Monroe Watchman"

 

1901 - The Sweet Springs Hotel in Monroe County.

1901 - Stage Arriving at The Sweet Springs Hotel in Monroe County.

 

1901 - Unveiling of the Confederate Monument on Union Main Street.

1901 - Unveiling of the Confederate Monument on Union Main Street (submitted by Julia Campbell Higginbotham)

 

1901 - Unveiling of the Confederate Monument on Union Main Street.

1901 - Unveiling of the Confederate Monument on Union Main Street (submitted by Julia Campbell Higginbotham)

 

The Union Hotel owned by the Shanklin Brothers.

The Union Hotel owned by the Shanklin Brothers (submitted by Julia Campbell Higginbotham)

 

The Union Hotel - owned by E. H. Shanklin.

Pictured on the porch are:  N.K. Lynch, J.H. Tomlinson, Bob Spangler, Horace Smalls, Charles Haynes, Plummer Leach, Edgar Stroman, C.A. Shanklin, Guy McClearn, Homer Miller, Clyde Campbell, Luther Rowan, Luther Bare, Mattie Rowan, Daisy Rowan, Frank Miller and Crete Campbell.   Charlie Peyton is driving the team hitched to the surry. (Submitted from the Monroe Watchman)

 

Cyrus Mottesheard House

Cyrus Mottesheard became the owner of this house in the early 1920′s.  The two houses were connected together to make one family dwelling.  This house was located on Main Street where the Bryan Law Office is now located.  The large building to the left is now the Kittle’s Hardware Store.

 

Union Methodist Church in Union.

The first Union Methodist Church in Union.

 

UHS in the town of Union. An aerial view of Union High School in the Town of Union (taken in the 1940′s)  submitted by Kristi Allen Long

 

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