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Amherst House hotel
This large hotel once stood at the corner of South Pleasant and Amity Streets and is shown here with both horse carts and automobiles parked in…
Cook Fountain in Sweetser Park
Cook Fountain with water flowing. Walkways need sweeping.…
Tags: 1910s, Amherst Center
Unitarian Universalist meetinghouse
Unitarian Church building on North Pleasant Street and house next door. The church was built in 1893.…
Tags: 1910s, Architecture, Amherst Center, Churches
Cook Fountain in Sweetser Park
Cook Fountain and Sweetser Park looking a little rugged.…
Tags: 1910s, Amherst Center
Phoenix Row with Lincoln Block
Phoenix Row seen from the corner of Amity and South Pleasant Streets. Cook's Block, the brick building on the left, was built about 1840. The upper floors were partially rebuilt after a fire in 1881. Other business blocks (from left to right) include…
Pleasant Street, Amherst, Mass.
Looking north from the junction of Amity and North Pleasant Streets. Horses and carts parked in front of businesses. Streets are…
Trolley at the Notch
Trolley car running through the pass at the Notch in South Amherst.…
Trolley station at Massachusetts Agricultural College
Old station on North Pleasant Street at Massachusetts Agricultural College where passengers could wait for the trolley during inclement weather. The station was deconstructed in the early 1990's as part of a campus landscaping…
Barns and cattle shed at Massachusetts Agricultural College
Several barns located in a field planted with rows of corn.…
Tags: 1910s, Changing Physical Landscape, UMASS, Agriculture
Mill Pond at Cushman, North Amherst, Mass.
Mill pond at Cushman, Mass. A boy fishes at the water's edge.…
Tags: Neighborhoods, 1910s, Ponds, North Amherst, Cushman, Sports
East Street, Amherst, Mass.
East Street with view of Second Congregational Church, parsonage, and fountain on common.
This meetinghouse is now the home of the Jewish Community of…