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Cook's Block and Town Common
Cook's Block through elm trees on the Town Common. Horses and wagons line the street.…
Looking east to Phoenix Row
Photograph taken from the corner of Amity and North Pleasant Streets. A stairway from the building on this corner is visible. Shows Cook's Block before the fire of April 4, 1881. R.W. Stratton, boots & shoes sign is visible. Horses and wagons are…
Phoenix Row traffic
Phoenix Row on Main Street lined with horses, carriages and wagons. Visible business signs include E. C. Fairchild Drugs and Medicines, and a fire and life insurance agency. Note: photograph date between 1873 and…
Phoenix Row after renovation
Phoenix Row in 1881 after the fire and with a renovated Cook's Block. Business signs visible: Henry Adams, Drugs and Medicines, and fire and life insurance agency. Pedestrians are visible on the sidewalk and a horse and wagon are parked in the…
West end of Phoenix Row before renovation
Phoenix Row on Main Street. Business signs visible include Deuel and M. N. Spear, There is a sign saying "Phenix Hall" on the side of Cook's Block, some pedestrians on the sidewalk, and a couple of horses and wagons in the street. Note: photograph…
West end of Phoenix Row from the east
View west showing the Marsh Block, the Holland Block (known as Campion Block at one time), and Cook's Block. A horse and wagon belonging to E.D. Marsh furniture store are parked outside the store, and two people are standing next to…
East end of Phoenix Row
View east from the pillars of the American House block after the Blizzard of 1888. Snow is piled high. Signs for the businesses of Kenfield, Jeweler, and J. L. Lovell are…
Phoenix Row looking west from east end
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…
Merchants' Row and South Pleasant Street
Looking north on South Pleasant Street. Merchants' Row on left, Town Common on right, trolley moving down street. The flag pole can be seen at the edge of the Town…
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…
Amherst House block
Shown is a portion of Merchants' Row and the second incarnation of the Amherst House. Businesses visible in the Amherst House block include Harry H. Clark, Deuel's Drug Store, and Campion & Fish.
The first Amherst House, and most of Merchants'…
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…
Post office and Lincoln Block
This is the east end of Phoenix Row on Main Street. The new Lincoln Block is in the foreground.
The Amherst Journal of 6/16/1950 states, "Built by the Allen Brothers of Amherst in 1909 and 1910, the structure was designed by James H. Ritchie of…
Phoenix Row with American House 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…
Amherst House block
Shown is a portion of Merchants' Row and the second incarnation of the Amherst House. Businesses shown in the Amherst House block include E. R. Clark, Deuel's Drug Store, a clothes shop. and Amherst E-O Store. There are ladies sitting on a bench on…