The Ashland Historic District encompasses the historic central core of

Ashland, Virginia Ashland is a town in Hanover County, Virginia, United States, located north of Richmond along Interstate 95 and U.S. Route 1. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 7,225, up from 6,619 at the 2000 census. Ashland is named after the Lexi ...

, now a suburb of nearby

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. 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

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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 State Route 54 (SR 54) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of Virginia. Known for most of its length as Patrick Henry Road, the state highway runs from U.S. Route 33 (US 33) in Montpelier east to US 301/ SR 2 in Hanover Courthouse. ...

, and has a roughly cruciform shape covering . The district was listed on the

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in 1983.

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Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Hanover County, Virginia Victorian architecture in Virginia Hanover County, Virginia {{HanoverCountyVA-NRHP-stub

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