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West end of Phoenix Row looking east
Written on verso: before 1873-no gaslights; shows Charles Deuel store, Deuel's store in Amherst House Block by 1886 according to town directory.…
Commercial Row from Town Common
Commercial Row (Merchants' Row) from the Town Common with the first Amherst House on the right.…
Looking down Pleasant Street
Walkway shaded by overhanging trees. Written on verso: looking down Pleasant Street. …
Commercial Row
Written on verso: B.H. Williams occupied marked building as tailor's store; I marked just above where our old sign is in picture; the fire started from the store on the left of ours through the whole block including Amherst House.…
View west down Amity Street
Looking west down Amity Street. One house on right side of street shown, dirt road, horse and buggy in road. …
First Baptist Church from Town Common
Looking at First Baptist Church and houses adjacent from Town Common. …
Park and college
Looking south across Town Common toward Amherst College. Written on verso: common enclosed with fence 1860 -- see Hampshire Franklin Express 6/15/1860 p.2. Note: photograph date between 1860 and…
From College Tower southwest
written on verso: from College Tower south west. Note: photograph date between 1856 and 1903.…
Town Common after the fire
The crowded Town Common after the fire of July 4, 1879. The Amherst Record of July 9, 1879 stated, "The scene on the common about daylight was a novel one. Everything from the stores had been carried there, and deposited without much regard to…
Amherst House with guests
This building, on the corner of South Pleasant and Amity Streets, was previously known as the Boltwood Tavern. The establishment was sold in 1838 and the building was enlarged and the name changed to the Amherst House. There were community dinners…