Ashland Park is a historic early 20th century neighborhood in
Lexington, Kentucky
Lexington is a city in Kentucky, United States that is the county seat of Fayette County, Kentucky, Fayette County. By population, it is the List of cities in Kentucky, second-largest city in Kentucky and List of United States cities by popul ...
, United States. It was named after
Ashland, the estate of Kentucky statesman
Henry Clay
Henry Clay Sr. (April 12, 1777June 29, 1852) was an American attorney and statesman who represented Kentucky in both the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. He was the seventh House speaker as well as the ninth secretary of state, al ...
which is located in the eastern portion of the neighborhood. The development was designed by the famous landscape architecture firm the
Olmsted Brothers of Massachusetts. The neighborhood belongs to the
National Register of Historic Places.
Prominent architectural styles of houses and apartment buildings in the neighborhood include
American Foursquare
The American Foursquare or American Four Square is an American house style popular from the mid-1890s to the late 1930s. A reaction to the ornate and mass-produced elements of the Victorian architecture, Victorian and other Revival styles popul ...
,
American Craftsman
American Craftsman is an American domestic architectural style, inspired by the Arts and Crafts movement, which included interior design, landscape design, applied arts, and decorative arts, beginning in the last years of the 19th century. Its ...
,
Colonial Revival, and
Tudor Revival.
The neighborhood's boundaries are Ashland Avenue to the west, East Main Street (
U.S. Route 25
U.S. Route 25 (US 25) is a north–south United States Highway that runs for in the southern and midwestern US. Its southern terminus is in Brunswick, Georgia, from where it proceeds mostly due north, passing through the cities of Augusta, Georg ...
) to the north, Chinoe Road to the east, and Fontaine Road to the south. The commercial district of
Chevy Chase borders Ashland Park on the south. In 2000 the population was 1,864.
References
External links
National Park Service: Ashland ParkAshland Park Neighborhood Association
* http://www.city-data.com/neighborhood/Ashland-Park-Lexington-KY.html
Neighborhoods in Lexington, Kentucky
National Register of Historic Places in Lexington, Kentucky
Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Kentucky
Frederick Law Olmsted works
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