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…

Ruins of Merchants' Row and the Amherst House after the fire of July 4, 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…

Business blocks of Merchants' Row with the new Amherst House on the right. Note: photograph date between 1880 and 1884.…

Business blocks of Merchants' Row with the new Amherst House on the right. Note: photograph date between 1880 and 1884.…

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.…

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…

View of Merchants' Row from the Town Common before the fire of July 4, 1879.…

View of Merchants' Row from across the Town Common. Stebbins' Livery Stable in the back between buildings.…

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,…

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,…

The horse team of W. D. Cowls rests in front of Frank P. Wood's Hotel and Livery after the Blizzard of 1888. A large group of men accompany the horse…

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…

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…

Shows dispatch of trunks carried on truck of Egbert E. Perry (trucking); Knox truck built in Springfield, gas-powered, two-cylinder; Egbert E. Perry in trucking business 1899-1928. Men and boys are standing around truck. Note: photograph date between…