View from Main Street West showing the building that was first used as the Ashland Post Office made of locally quarried brownstone. Three people are visible in the snowy foreground. Work began on this…

Exterior view of the three story building known as the Vaughn Block or Vaughn Public Library building in Ashland, WI. The first floor storefront has signs for Franklin J. Pool Dry Good store. The seco…

Interior view of the Vaughn Public Library reading room on the second floor of the Vaughn Block building. Tables and chairs are placed around the room and men and women are reading. Tall windows are v…

View looking north of the demolition of the five story brownstone Knight Hotel building, also called the Knight Block. In the foreground is construction equipment. Colonel John H. Knight was born in 1…

Knight Hotel looking west from Second Avenue East (Main Street East). People are visible walking along the wooden sidewalks and other buildings are visible in the background. Colonel John H. Knight wa…

View looking north of the demolition of the five story brownstone Knight Hotel building, also called the Knight Block. In the foreground is a crane and debris. Colonel John H. Knight was born in 1836…

View looking northwest of the demolition of the five story brownstone Knight Hotel building, also called the Knight Block. In the foreground is a crane and debris. Two buildings on Ellis Avenue are vi…

Exterior view of the five story brownstone Knight Hotel with people and automobiles in the foreground. Business signs visible on the first floor include Jim Nemec Insurance on the corner, Knight Bar,…

Exterior view taken from 2nd Street of the three story City Hall building constructed with local brownstone. On the right is the four story tower. Work began on this building on August 15, 1892 and wa…

Exterior view of the three story white Bedford stone building, the Ashland County Courthouse. In the foreground are sidewalks and some landscaping, and in the background on the left are other building…

Exterior view of the five story brownstone Knight Hotel with automobiles in the foreground. Business signs visible on the first floor include Jim & Jerry Nemec Insurance on the corner, Knight Bar Cont…

Exterior view from 6th Avenue West looking southwest of the brownstone building located at 601 West 2nd Street (West Main Street). The four story tower is visible on the left, as well as the arched op…

View from the corner of Second Street and Ellis Avenue looking at the five story brownstone building called the Hotel Knight or Knight Block. The stones at the top say "Knight, 1890." The sign on top…

View looking north from Ellis Avenue of the five story brownstone Knight Block building. Business signs for Nemec Insurance and the Lamplighter Bar & Lounge are visible. Automobiles are parked along E…

View from the corner of Second Street and Ellis Avenue looking at the five story brownstone building called the Hotel Knight or Knight Block. The stones at the top say "Knight, 1890." The sign on top…

Exterior view of the front and side facades of Woolworth’s located at 316 West 2nd Street, Ashland, WI. In the foreground are people crossing the main street.

Exterior view of the three story white Bedford stone building, the Ashland County Courthouse. Photograph was taken from 2nd Street West (Main Street West) looking North. The present Ashland County Cou…

Woods Rx Drug, Inc. The Rexall Store located at 522 West 2nd Street, today Main Street West, was on the ground floor of the four story Masonic Temple building. Looking down the 500 West block on Main…

View of the front and right side facades of the Lake Superior District Power Company office building located at 101 West 2nd Street (now Main Street). This three story brick building was originally th…

On the corner of Vaughn Ave and West 2nd Street, or Main Street, is the Bay Theater. The original art deco canopy is visible across the front façade; it is red, white, and blue with stretches of neon…