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Newly constructed Amherst House
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…
Amherst House rises from the ashes
Construction of the second Amherst House during the winter of 1880, which was begun on October 1, 1880. In this photograph the building is surrounded by scaffolding and there are laborers standing on scaffolding near the peak of the…
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…
Amherst House before 1879
This building, on the corner of South Pleasant and Amity Streets, was previously known at the Boltwood Tavern. The establishment was sold in 1838 and the name was changed to the Amherst House. It provided lodging for travelers coming by stage from…
Merchants' Row after the fire
Ruins of Merchants' Row and the Amherst House after the fire of July 4, 1879.…
Amherst House before 1879
This building, on the corner of South Pleasant and Amity Streets, was previously known at the Boltwood Tavern. The establishment was sold in 1838 and the name was changed to the Amherst House. It provided lodging for travelers coming by stage from…
Merchants' Row and Amherst House after 1879
Business blocks of Merchants' Row with the new Amherst House on the right. Note: photograph date between 1880 and 1884.…
Merchants' Row and Amherst House after 1879
Business blocks of Merchants' Row with the new Amherst House on the right. Note: photograph date between 1880 and 1884.…
Cutler's Block
This building was designed by William F. Pratt to replace the one which was destroyed in the fire of July 4, 1879. Visible business signs include Edwards & Bigelow, C. S. Gates, Dentist, and Jackson & Cutler, Successors to Geo.…
North end of Merchants' Row
Prominent view of Kellogg's Block and showing the driveway to Stebbins' Livery Stable. There are men leaning out third-story windows, a clock outside J.A. Rawson, and a sign for Amherst Dental…
Merchants' Row from Town Common before 1879
View of Merchants' Row from the Town Common before the fire of July 4, 1879.…
Merchants' Row after 1865
Town Common appears on the left and the commercial blocks of Merchants' Row appear on the right. On the far right is the brick structure built by Dwight Kellogg in August of 1865. Most of the buildings shown were destroyed by the fire of July 4,…
Merchants' Row before 1865
The house-like building on the right was an old post office building owned by Dwight Kellogg. In June of 1865 Kellogg tried to remodel and raise the building but it collapsed. He then built the brick building which burned in the fire of July 4,…
Frank P. Wood's Hotel
Frank P. Wood bought this building in 1882 and turned it into a hotel; he sold it around 1892. There are two women standing, and several men seated, on the veranda.…