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Prospect House
Still standing on the corner of Amity and North Prospect Streets, the Prospect House is hardly recognizable. At a later date, more stories were added and it was covered with stucco. It has also been known as Drake's Hotel, The Village Inn, and The…
Aggie Inn and post office
Automobile parked outside the building which was an inn and post office for Massachusetts Agricultural College. Later known as College Inn. Near Butterfield Terrace.…
Louis Foods and Roberts Block area
Louis Foods grocery store and the Roberts Block after the moving and remodelling of Elm Tree Inn. Louis Foods stood about where the CVS store was constructed in 1997. The Elm Tree Inn building is still visible as part of the reconstructed Roberts…
North Pleasant Street, Roberts Block area
The large building next to Louis Foods was the Elm Tree Inn. It was purchased by Everett Roberts in 1948 from the owner, Louis Pappas. It was subsequently moved back and to the right and remodeled to form the Roberts…
Looking south from Mount Pleasant
View south from Mount Pleasant with the gambrel-roofed Davenport Inn (renamed the Mount Pleasant Inn in 1936) and North Pleasant Street on the right. Looking down a gently rolling hill dotted with shrubs and small…
Aerial view, North Pleasant Street, west side
Aerial view of the west side of North Pleasant Street south to Amity Street. The building which was the Elm Tree Inn, and which housed the Amherst Tavern, was the first house at the center of the photograph. The top of the Amherst House is visible in…
Looking west on Main Street to the Amherst House
Looking west up Main Street to the Amherst House. Livery stable is visible to the left of the Amherst House.…
View west from American House Hotel
Looking west up Main St. toward old Amherst House which burned in 1879. American House Hotel is on right. …
Amherst House from across the street
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 north corner
Amherst House from North Pleasant Street with a long view of Merchants' Row.…
Amherst House block
Amherst House and shops in the Amherst House Block as seen from the north end of the Town Common. Businesses visible are O. G. Couch, Deuel, and Blodgett &…
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…