Roads
After 1923 – Railroad Avenue looking north
Posted on Apr 07, 2010 by admin.
In 1920′s, several new buildings have appeared in the commercial district. The first building visible at the left edge of the photo, on the south side of Thompson St., is the “new” Cox Department store. Today, the Ironhorse restaurant occupies the ground floor of this building. A Safeway Grocery is on the northwest corner of [...]
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Ashland at the Turn of the Century
Posted on Apr 07, 2010 by admin.
This photograph of Ashland’s business district looking south from the intersection of Railroad and College Avenues was taken just after the turn of the century. The passenger station on the left was built by the Richmond Fredericksburg and Potomac railroad in 1866. The tower supplied water for steam engines. The freight depot is hidden by [...]
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Ashland’s Railroad Ave. circa 1866
Posted on Apr 07, 2010 by admin.
This is a charming picture of Ashland printed in Harpers magazine in 1866 in an article about Ashland during the Civil War. Notice the tree-lined, single track through town. That would have to be the Baptist church on the left, now Hanover Arts and Activities Center. Notice the picket fences along the road and the [...]