This is the old First National Bank building on Main Street, designed by William Fenno Pratt and built in 1864. The building was home to S. K. Orr Apothecary as well as the bank. In 1891, First National Bank moved to the center of town and took up residence in Merchants' Row. From about 1971 to 2006 this building housed Fenton's Athletic Supplies.
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This business block is called Palmer Block and is where Emily Dickinson's father and brother operated their law firm. Written on verso: "C.J.W. from Mother Dec. 25, 1875."
This Amherst High School building was located on Spring Street in Amherst from 1867 to 1916.
Dwellings -- Massachusetts -- Amherst Stereographs Amherst (Mass.)
View of houses on Main Street in Amherst through a triangular patch of grass and trees.
Early view of Phoenix Row business blocks. Written on verso: "Before 1873-no gaslights; shows Charles Deuel store, Deuel's store in Amherst House Block by 1886 according to town directory."
View of upper Phoenix Row on Main Street in Amherst with awnings on some of the store fronts. Written on verso: "I work right where I made the two marks; gas lamps put in 1873, out by 1894."
View west on Main Street toward the Amherst House hotel
View up Main Street when it was a dirt road. The Amherst House hotel is visible in the background.
Rustic view of Prospect Street in Amherst
View of Prospect Street when it was a dirt lane and showing a couple of houses on one side of the street.
Business blocks on Merchants' Row in Amherst
View south on South Pleasant Street with Merchants' Row on the right.
View north on South Pleasant Street with Merchants' Row on the left and horses with wagons tied up along the road.
Merchants' Row in Amherst from the Town Common
Merchants' Row (also known as Commercial Row) viewed from the grassy Town Common with the first Amherst House on the right.
View of a rustic unidentified street in Amherst with a hotel feeding stable on the left.and a horse and carriage on the right.
View of an unidentified street in Amherst with dirt sidewalks and road, and low picket fences lining the sidewalks.
Orient House at Orient Springs in Pelham
"Hotel Orient Springs," located in the Pelham Hills, was so named by Edward Hitchcock at the dedication on April 29, 1861. Written on the back of an advertising card: "No summer resort has so many attractions as the Orient Springs House. Besides the Mineral Springs connected with it, which the Professors of Amherst College have unanimously pronounced superior to all others on this continent for their curative effects; it commands the most enchanting views that the eye can rest upon. It is situated upon an eminence, and the view from the tower almost surpasses description. The splendid scenery of the broad valley of the Connecticut is spread out like a variegated carpet, surrounded by Mt. Holyoke and Tom in the south, Sugar Loaf and Toby in the west, while hills and mountains in the distance rise one above the other, making a scene of surpassing beauty and grandeur; while near reposes Amherst, a beautiful village with its rows of College buildings on elevated ground, surrounded by pleasant walks and shady groves."
Stereographs Dwellings -- Massachusetts -- Amherst Amherst (Mass.)
View of an unidentified street in Amherst with two large houses on the right in the foreground. One of the houses has a portico with large columns and the other has a long porch along the front of the house. Written on verso: "Pleasant St.? Fiske-Cutler house?"