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Ashland Historic District

Coordinates: 37°45′30″N 77°28′50″W / 37.75833°N 77.48056°W / 37.75833; -77.48056
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Ashland Historic District
Ashland Historic District is located in Virginia
Ashland Historic District
Ashland Historic District is located in the United States
Ashland Historic District
LocationCenter, Racecourse, James, Howard, Clay Sts., Hanover and Railroad Aves., Ashland, Virginia
Coordinates37°45′30″N 77°28′50″W / 37.75833°N 77.48056°W / 37.75833; -77.48056
Area159 acres (64 ha)
Architectural styleLate 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian, Early Commercial
NRHP reference No.83003284[1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 11, 1983

The Ashland Historic District encompasses the historic central core of Ashland, Virginia, now a suburb of nearby Richmond. The town developed in the mid-19th century as a summer resort area, but in the late 19th and early 20th century it grew more significantly as a streetcar suburb of its larger neighbor. Its central core had its biggest building boom between about 1875 and 1920, and contains a large assortment of high-quality residences in Colonial Revival, Queen Anne, and other styles. The district is centered on the junction of Center Street with Virginia State Route 54, and has a roughly cruciform shape covering 159 acres (64 ha).[2]

The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "NRHP nomination for Ashland Historic District" (PDF). Virginia DHR. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 11, 2017. Retrieved October 15, 2017.