Union City Historic District

Union City's Main Street and the residential streets to its west hold 128 buildings erected mostly between 1865 and 1925, mainly of brick and frame. The commercial blocks along Main Street follow the two-part commercial block plan common to small towns in the mid to late 19th century, while the residential section contains single family houses in Greek Revival, Italianate, Queen Anne, Shingle Style, Tudor Revival and Colonial Revival styles. The district grew from the wood products trade that began with oil barrel making after the 1859 oil boom, and it includes the Union City Chair Company plant, established here in 1882. Fires in 1879 and floods in 1892 shaped rebuilding along Main Street, and the Main Street Bridge of 1896 is the one contributing structure. The houses of the mill and furniture managers form the largest group of high style homes in the town from this period. The district is significant for the way its buildings record the town's economic development and its architecture.