The Ashland Commercial Historic District is a designated historic district bounded by 13th Street, Carter Avenue, 18th Street, and Front Street in Downtown

Ashland, Kentucky Ashland is a List of cities in Kentucky, home rule-class city in Boyd County, Kentucky, United States. The most populous city in Boyd County, Ashland is located upon the southern bank of the Ohio River at the state border with Ohio and near West ...

.Ashland Commercial Historic District overview
Retrieved on 2010-06-22 It is composed of 84 properties, including such prominent buildings as the

Camayo Arcade The Camayo Arcade is a historic shopping arcade located along Winchester Avenue in downtown Ashland, Kentucky. It opened in July 1926 and was the first indoor shopping mall built in the state of Kentucky. The building is part of the Ashland Comm ...

Crump and Field Grocery Company Crump may refer to: Places * Crump, Michigan, United States * Crump, Missouri, a community in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, United States * Crump, Tennessee, a city in Hardin County, Tennessee, United States * Crump Island, off the northeast ...

, First Presbyterian Church,

Paramount Arts Center The Paramount Arts Center is a historic theater located in Ashland, Kentucky, in the United States. Listed as the Paramount Theatre on the National Register of Historic Places, this theater is an important part of theater in Kentucky. Histor ...

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Ashland National Bank Building Ashland may refer to: Places Canada *Ashland, New Brunswick United Kingdom *Simpson and Ashland, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire United States Historic sites *Ashland (Henry Clay estate), a historic site in Lexington, Kentucky, and the source of ...

. The district covers nearly 13 blocks, with the period of significance being 1850 to 1940. The brick

commercial building Commercial may refer to: * (adjective for) commerce, a system of voluntary exchange of products and services ** (adjective for) trade, the trading of something of economic value such as goods, services, information or money * a dose of advertising ...

s within the district date from 1890 to 1940, although 43 of the buildings date from 1900 to 1925; a period of significant economic expansion for Ashland.Powell, Helen C., Lynn, 5 August 1994. Retrieved on 2010-06-22

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References

Ashland, Kentucky Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Kentucky National Register of Historic Places in Boyd County, Kentucky Geography of Boyd County, Kentucky Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Kentucky {{BoydCountyKY-NRHP-stub