The West Second Street Historic District is located along a primary commercial street in

Ashland, Wisconsin Ashland is a city in Ashland County, Wisconsin, Ashland and Bayfield County, Wisconsin, Bayfield counties in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. It is the county seat of Ashland County. The city is a port on Lake Superior, near the head of Chequamegon ...

, and is listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...

. West Second Street was later renamed Main Street West. There are 45 contributing commercial buildings built from 1884 to 1937. There is a variety of architectural styles represented by the contributing buildings, such as the

Richardsonian Romanesque Richardsonian Romanesque is a architectural style, style of Romanesque Revival architecture named after the American architect Henry Hobson Richardson (1838–1886). The revivalism (architecture), revival style incorporates 11th- and 12th-century ...

design of the

Old Ashland Post Office The Old Ashland Post Office is a historic building in Ashland, Wisconsin, United States. It now serves as the ''Ashland City Hall'', which is what most people know it as, and refer to it as. It houses the offices of city government. It was design ...

, or the Neoclassical design of the Ashland County Courthouse, or the

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design of the Bay Theater. with Today, the district continues to be an important center of

commerce Commerce is the organized Complex system, system of activities, functions, procedures and institutions that directly or indirectly contribute to the smooth, unhindered large-scale exchange (distribution through Financial transaction, transactiona ...

for the community. Many buildings still serve the same purpose they were built for, such as the Vaughn Public Library, and the Courthouse. Other buildings have been repurposed, such as the

Security Savings Bank The Security Savings Bank, also known as the Appleyard Building, is a historic building in Ashland, Wisconsin, United States. In 1974, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places. It was designed in the Richardsonian Romanesque Sty ...

, while some are awaiting redevelopment, such as the Royal Theatre, and the Grand Opera House. There is another Historic District listed on the ''National Register of Historic Places'' in Ashland, the Chapple and MacArthur Avenues Residential Historic District. Ashland has a local register of historic properties, which identifies buildings that are significant to local history.

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City of Ashland Website
{{Registered Historic Places Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Wisconsin National Register of Historic Places in Ashland County, Wisconsin

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