GeorgiaUnion County earned its name honestly: its delegates voted against secession at Georgia's 1861 convention, and although most residents ultimately supported the Confederacy, a substantial minority of these mountain men fought for the Union — a divided Civil War loyalty now interpreted inside the old courthouse itself. The Old Union County Courthouse on the Blairsville square was built in 1899 to designs by the firm Golucke & Stewart, its Romanesque form marked by a stone-trimmed arched entrance and a hipped roof with intersecting gables; it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 18, 1980. Condemned in the 1970s but saved from demolition by the Union County Historical Society, the building now houses a museum whose military exhibits commemorate that unusual heritage — including a county war memorial described as among the only ones in the South to honor Union soldiers, and American Indians, alongside Confederates — together with the noted Margarita Morgan miniature collection.
Union County Courthouse
The stone-and-brick heart of every Georgia county.
Union County Courthouse is a courthouse in Blairsville, Union County. It is one of 101 historic sites cataloged in Union County on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 34.8785, -83.9608 near Blairsville. The nearest cataloged historic site is Greetings from Union County (historical marker), about 0.2 miles away. Others within a short drive include Union County Jail, Old Union County Jail, and Old Union County Courthouse.
This record is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
Union County earned its name honestly: its delegates voted against secession at Georgia's 1861 convention, and although most residents ultimately supported the Confederacy, a substantial minority of these mountain men fought for the Union — a divided Civil War loyalty now interpreted inside the old courthouse itself. The Old Union County Courthouse on the Blairsville square was built in 1899 to designs by the firm Golucke & Stewart, its Romanesque form marked by a stone-trimmed arched entrance and a hipped roof with intersecting gables; it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 18, 1980. Condemned in the 1970s but saved from demolition by the Union County Historical Society, the building now houses a museum whose military exhibits commemorate that unusual heritage — including a county war memorial described as among the only ones in the South to honor Union soldiers, and American Indians, alongside Confederates — together with the noted Margarita Morgan miniature collection.
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