View of the 500 west block on the north side of Main Street West in Ashland, Wisconsin. Businesses visible include Johnson Flower Shop, Larson Picture Frame at 509 West Main Street and the Army Navy S…

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…

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,…

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 automobiles in the foreground. Business signs visible on the first floor include Jim & Jerry Nemec Insurance on the corner, Knight Bar Cont…

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.

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…

View looking down the 400 block on Second Street West in Ashland, WI. Visible from right to left are the businesses: J.C. Penney’s, Office Bar, Harold Arnold Agency, Ashland Sewing Machine Co., Modern…

View of two firefighters spraying water on the large fire that is burning the Angvick Furniture Co. building and the Totem Bowl building farther down Second Street. On June 3, 1967 the Angvick fire co…

Vaughn Avenue Texaco Station located at 501 West 2nd Street, on the northwest corner of Vaughn Avenue and Second Street. Signs at the station say “Texaco,” “Washing,” and “B.E. Goodrich.” Two large bi…

Front facade of a two story brick building, called the Dufur Block, with storefronts for Modern Portrait Studio and Home Electric. Signs in the second floor windows say Anich Peterson Law Offices, whi…

Photograph of a three story brownstone building, originally Security Savings Bank, with business signs for North American Life & Casualty Co. and The Iverson Agency. The two story building to the righ…

View of the front and side facades of a three story building topped with a decorative parapet. On the left is a sign for the Totem Bowl, a local bowling alley. This building was Wilmarth Block No. 3 a…