Amherst House block

Scott, Edgar T., 1858-1940

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 the north west end of the common and a horse pulling a cart in the street.

The first Amherst House, and most of Merchants' Row, were consumed by fire on July 4, 1879. The Amherst House was rebuilt in 1880, and was completely destroyed by another fire in 1926.

Circa 1909

Photograph; Postcard

3 x 5 in.

Scott, Edgar T., 1858-1940, "Amherst House block," in Digital Amherst, Item #47, http://www.digitalamherst.org/items/show/47 (accessed February 4, 2012).

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Still Image

Central business districts; Hotels

Is part of the Edgar Scott Postcard Collection. Jones Library Special Collections.

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