Editing Ashland, Kentucky (section)

===Historical structures and museums===
The [[Paramount Arts Center]], an [[Art Deco]] style movie theater built in 1930, is located on Winchester Avenue. The converted theater serves as an important venue for the arts in eastern Kentucky and the neighboring sections of [[Ohio]] and [[West Virginia]]. It is well noted for its Festival of Trees event during the winter season. The Paramount is also devoted to teaching children the importance of the arts. Summer classes are offered for school-age children.

Also along Winchester Avenue is the [[Highlands Museum and Discovery Center]]. Among its numerous exhibits, one about Country Music Heritage pays tribute to the music artists from along [[U.S. Route 23]] in Kentucky. Two locals, [[The Judds]] from Ashland, and [[Billy Ray Cyrus]] from nearby [[Flatwoods, Kentucky|Flatwoods]], are included.

The Pendleton Art Center, formed in 2005, is located within the downtown. The works produced include paintings, stained glass, carved gourds, and wood carvings by local artists. They are displayed at the Pendleton the first Friday and Saturday of every month and at other times by appointment.

The Jesse Stuart Foundation, an organization dedicated to the preservation of the literary legacy of [[Jesse Stuart]] and other [[Appalachia]]n writers, was at one time located within an earshot of the Pendleton Arts Center. Jesse Stuart, a well-known 20th-century author, was from nearby [[Greenup, Kentucky]].