Historic Courthouse Roof Tiles

About the Program

Category: Arts, Culture and Historic Preservation (Best in Category)

Year: 2023

In 2021, the Historic Union County Courthouse underwent a roof replacement, leaving the County with hundreds of original slate roof tiles from 1886. Rather than trash these pieces of history, the Public Communications department initiated a campaign to sell the historic roof tiles to the public through this unique opportunity that allowed the County government to connect County residents to history. In addition to achieving the goals of re-purposing the tiles and connecting the community with County history, the campaign increased engagement on social media and the County website. Residents even began to share photos of how they creatively used their roof tiles as comments on County Facebook posts. To date, nearly 750 historic slate roof tiles have been sold.