National Register of Historic Places - Kentucky (KY), Boyd County

Boyd County Kentucky has 29 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 1 place of National significance and 3 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Stone Serpent Mound, Culbertson House, Hilton, Martin, House and Paramount Theatre and Ashland Armory.

Prehistoric cultural affiliation(s) include Adena and Woodland dating back to 999 BC.

Many famous people are associated with these Boyd County historic places including Thomas Means, Martin Hilton, Lon Rogers, Col. Laban T. Moore and Timothy Fields.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Boyd County places including Martin Hilton, Parsons,C. A.,Enterprises, John T. Gillig, Laura White, James A. Wetmore, Wehr Construction Co., Fred Elswick, Farmouth,R.P., & Co., Wilson, John F., et al. and Edward Poage. Prominent architectural styles found in Boyd Country are Late Victorian, Art Deco and Greek Revival.

Ashland Armory (added 2002 - - #02000920)

Also known as Bd-A-27

2519 Lexington Ave. , Ashland

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Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Defense

Historic Sub-function:

Arms Storage

Current Function:

Defense

Current Sub-function:

Arms Storage

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Ashland Coal and Iron Railroad Office (added 1979 - - #79003565)

1100 Front St. , Ashland

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Industry

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade

Historic Sub-function:

Business

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade

Current Sub-function:

Business

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Ashland Coal and Iron Railroad Store (added 1979 - - #79003553)

900 Front St. , Ashland

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Industry

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade

Historic Sub-function:

Department Store

Current Function:

Unknown

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Ashland Commercial Historic District (added 1994 - - #94000838)

Also known as See Also:Crump and Field Grocery Company;Paramount Theatre;F

Roughly bounded by 13th St., Carter Ave., 18th St. and Front St. , Ashland

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Other, Chicago

Area of Significance:

Community Planning And Development

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Government, Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Business, City Hall, Department Store, Post Office, Rail-Related

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Government

Current Sub-function:

Business, City Hall, Department Store

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Ashland Tuberculosis Hospital (added 2008 - - #08000002)

Also known as Ashland TB Hospital, BD-A-207

3700 Landsdowne Dr. , Ashland

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Health/Medicine

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Domestic, Health Care

Historic Sub-function:

Institutional Housing, Sanatorium

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Vacant/Not In Use

Current Sub-function:

Business, Institutional Housing

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Bagby, Alexander, House (added 1979 - - #79003561)

1520 Lexington Ave. , Ashland

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Greek Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Unknown

More Information:

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Bath Avenue Historic District (added 1979 - - #79003552)

Bath Ave. from 13th to 17th Sts. , Ashland

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Historic Significance:

Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Multiple

Architectural Style:

Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian

Historic Person:

Multiple

Significant Year:

1905, 1856, 1877

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Industry

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

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Catlett House (added 1973 - - #73000788)

Also known as Beechmoor

25th and Walnut Sts. , Catlettsburg

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Historic Significance:

Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Early Republic, Other

Historic Person:

Moore,Col. Laban T.

Significant Year:

1812, 1868

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1850-1874, 1800-1824

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

More Information:

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Catlettsburg National Bank (added 1973 - - #73000789)

Also known as Old Bank Building

110 26th St. , Catlettsburg

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Late Victorian

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade

Historic Sub-function:

Financial Institution

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

More Information:

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Catlettsburg, Kentucky, Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Depot (added 2012 - - #12000446)

Jct. of Division & Panola Sts., Catlettsburg

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Prairie School

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

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Crump and Field Grocery Company (added 1979 - - #79003556)

1401--1405 Greenup Ave. , Ashland

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade

Historic Sub-function:

Specialty Store

Current Function:

Unknown

More Information:

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Culbertson House (added 1979 - - #79003560)

1520 Chestnut Dr. , Ashland

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Historic Significance:

Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Italianate

Historic Person:

Means,Thomas

Significant Year:

1876

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Industry

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

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Felty, Nando, Saloon (added 1979 - - #79003557)

1500 Front St. , Ashland

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Transportation

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Hotel, Restaurant

Current Function:

Unknown

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Fields, Timothy, House (added 1979 - - #79003562)

1520 Lexington Ave. , Ashland

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Historic Significance:

Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Queen Anne

Historic Person:

Fields,Timothy

Significant Year:

1895, 1919

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Unknown

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First Christian Church of Ashland (added 1990 - - #90000475)

Also known as Old Church of Christ,Scientist,of Ashland;BO-A-89

315 17th St. , Ashland

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

White,Laura

Architectural Style:

Late Gothic Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Religious Structure

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

More Information:

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First Presbyterian Church (added 1973 - - #73000787)

Also known as Bethesda Church

1600 Winchester Ave. , Ashland

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Late Victorian

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Religion

Period of Significance:

1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Religious Structure

Current Function:

Religion

Current Sub-function:

Religious Structure

More Information:

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First United Methodist Church (added 1974 - - #74000853)

Also known as First Methodist Episcopal Church, South

2712 Louisa St. , Catlettsburg

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Religion

Period of Significance:

1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Religious Structure

Current Function:

Religion

Current Sub-function:

Religious Structure

More Information:

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Henry Clay Hotel (added 1984 - - #84001383)

1736 Winchester Ave. , Ashland

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Parsons,C. A.,Enterprises

Architectural Style:

Classical Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Hotel

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Hotel

More Information:

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Hilton, Martin, House (added 1979 - - #79003559)

1314 Hilton Ct. , Ashland

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Historic Significance:

Event, Person

Historic Person:

Hilton,Martin

Significant Year:

1855

Area of Significance:

Community Planning And Development, Social History

Period of Significance:

1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Unknown

More Information:

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Indian Mounds in Central Park (added 1974 - - #74000852)

Central Park, Carter Ave. , Ashland

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Historic Significance:

Information Potential

Area of Significance:

Prehistoric

Cultural Affiliation:

Adena

Period of Significance:

500-999 BC, 499-0 BC, 499-0 AD, 1000-500 AD

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Funerary

Historic Sub-function:

Graves/Burials

Current Function:

Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Park

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Paramount Theatre (added 1975 - - #75000736)

Also known as The Paramount Arts Center

1304 Winchester Ave. , Ashland

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Art Deco

Area of Significance:

Invention, Architecture, Entertainment/Recreation

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Theater

Current Function:

Work In Progress

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Poage, Edward, House (added 1988 - - #79003554)

1016 Winchester Ave. , Ashland

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Poage,Edward

Architectural Style:

Greek Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Social History

Period of Significance:

1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Work In Progress

Rogers, Lon, House (added 1979 - - #79003564)

2008 Lexington Ave. , Ashland

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Historic Significance:

Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Historic Person:

Rogers,Lon

Significant Year:

1920

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Unknown

More Information:

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Savageot, Jacob, House and Saloon (added 1979 - - #79003558)

1512 Front St. , Ashland

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

More Information:

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St. James AME Church (added 1979 - - #79003555)

12th St. and Carter Ave. , Ashland

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Black

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Religious Structure

Current Function:

Religion

Current Sub-function:

Religious Structure

More Information:

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Stone Serpent Mound (added 1974 - - #74000854)

Address Restricted , Catlettsburg

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Historic Significance:

Information Potential

Area of Significance:

Prehistoric

Cultural Affiliation:

Woodland

Period of Significance:

500-999 BC, 499-0 BC, 499-0 AD, 1000-500 AD

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Ceremonial Site

Current Function:

Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Unoccupied Land

US Post Office--Ashland (added 1988 - - #88002617)

1645 Winchester Ave. , Ashland

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Farmouth,R.P., & Co., Wetmore,James A.

Architectural Style:

Colonial Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Government

Historic Sub-function:

Post Office

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

More Information:

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Valdenar-Wheeler House (added 1988 - - #79003563)

2417 Winchester Ave. , Ashland

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Queen Anne

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling