Oldest home in Ashland, KY
N 38° 28.316 W 082° 38.164
17S E 357278 N 4259446
This log home is, according to a realtor's website and a teacher in the area, the oldest home in Ashland, originally belonging to the Poage family, who founded Ashland, which was originally called Poage's Landing.
Waymark Code: WM2NPV
Location: Kentucky, United States
Date Posted: 11/26/2007
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According to Wikipedia.com (
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"Ashland dates back to the migration of the Poage family from the Shenandoah Valley via the famed Cumberland Gap in 1786. They settled upon a homestead along the Ohio River and named it Poage's Landing. It remained an extended-family settlement until the mid-1800s. In 1854, the name of the city was changed to Ashland, after Henry Clay's Lexington estate, and to reflect the city's growing industrial base."
The log cabin currently sits in Ashland's 47-acre Central Park and can be rented for events and is the "home" of Santa Claus every Christmas season, where children can get their pictures taken with him.
In the late 1980's this log home was located at 621 12th street and housed businesses; The Log House, Rags to Riches, Seasons.