St. James AME Church

12th St. and Carter Ave., Ashland, Kentucky. County/parish: Boyd.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places July 03, 1979. NRIS 79003555.

1 contributing building.

From Wikipedia:

St. James AME Church (Ashland, Kentucky)

The St. James AME Church in Ashland, Kentucky is a historic African Methodist Episcopal church at 12th St. and Carter Avenue. It was built in 1912 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.

It is a gable-front brick building, with brick laid in common bond. It is the second church of the congregation: the first church was a wood-frame building which was moved in 1905 to the property, and which was eventually destroyed sometime after the brick building was built alongside.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123845798

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