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.[1]

St. James AME Church
Front of the church
Location12th St. and Carter Ave., Ashland, Kentucky
Coordinates38°28′48″N 82°38′41″W
Built1912
MPSAshland MRA
NRHP reference No.79003555[1]
Added to NRHPJuly 3, 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.[2]

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