View of the school which came to be called the Terrace Home School on South Prospect Street. It was run for many years by Josephine Herrick and was a school for children with special needs. Instruction was given in instrumental and vocal music,…

Looking up Mount Pleasant Hill toward Mount Pleasant Institute. The hill is labeled "Nash Hill" on the photograph. …

Do you want to "Boom Amherst". Do you want an Electric Railway in Amherst? Do you want to run your domestic machinery by electricity? Then go to the Town Hall Tuesday Eve'ing, Mar. 1 and hear Mr. Mansfield of the Thomson-Houston Electric Co. tell how…

House built in 1875 by Henry Hill Goodell, President of Massachusetts Agricultural College. Robert Frost later bought and lived in this house from 1932 to 1938. Note: photograph date between 1875 and…

This building was initially used as a place for the furnishing of military training. Construction was completed in 1883. Note: photograph date between 1883 and…

Group of men on horses in front of the flagpole on the town common which was dedicated on July 4, 1899. Names written on back of photograph: Leonard M. Hills, Dr. Perry, Dr. Gates, Charles Edward, George Thayer, Fred Hawley, Julius Trott, Dr. E.M.…

Crowd standing on the Town Common for the dedication of the flagpole on July 4, 1899.…

View of the length of Town Common from north to south. Boltwood Avenue is on the left and South Pleasant Street on the right.…

Slightly elevated view of the Amherst House, possibly taken from a building on the corner of North Pleasant and Main Streets. Note: photograph date between 1880 and…

Amherst House before the sign was installed and with a view of Merchants' Row, Paige's Livery and the Amity Street School. Note: photograph date between 1880 and…

Chase's Block on the corner of Amity and North Pleasant Streets. The view includes a parked wagon with a picnic basket beside it, and a baby carriage on the porch in front of the tailoring shop of Henry O. Pease. Other shops in the building at the…

A pine grove with chairs and a hammock set up. Written on the back of the photograph, "where outdoor gatherings will be held; Mr. Fearing's grove; Wild Garden; now frat; backyard on North Pleasant and Fearing…

Business block on the southeast corner of North Pleasant Street in the area where Antonio's Pizza is now located. Businesses visible, from right to left, are: C. H. Sanderson & Co, clothiers, The Grange Store, S. A. Phillips, a meat market, and a…

Photograph taken from the Town Common. Note: photograph date between 1882 and 1896.…

View west from the end of the American House Block. Businesses seen in Phoenix Row at the time include Amherst Record, Sing Lee Chinese Laundry, G.M. Chamberlain Livery & Feeding Stable, M.N. Spear, a harness and trunk…