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View of the First Baptist Church on South Pleasant Street with a white fence in the foreground.

View of the First Baptist Church, and adjacent houses, on South Pleasant Street.

View of the First Baptist Church, and adjacent houses, on South Pleasant Street.

This wooden church, initially named St. Bridget's, was constructed on North Pleasant Street in 1871 to accomodate the increasing numbers of Irish Catholics who came and settled in Amherst. The building was purchased by Frank T. Turcotte in 1927 for…

View of the front and left side of the church and the parsonage beside it.

View of the First Congregational Church from across Main Street.

View of the church from across Main Street looking west. The yard is landscaped with trees and shrubs.

View of the church from across the street and west on Main Street.

View of the right side of the church and the old fence.

View of the right side of the church and new fence.

Exterior view of the First Congregational Church of Amherst from across Main Street.

Exterior view of the First Congregational Church of Amherst from across Main Street.

Exterior view of the First Congregational Church of Amherst from across Main Street.

This is the Dr. William F. Sellon house, rumoured to have had a subcellar connected to a tunnel which ran under Sellon Street to the house across. Dr. Sellon was an Amherst physician who built the house around 1824 and later ran a water cure facility…

View of the old First National Bank building which was 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, the Bank moved to the center of town and located in Merchants' Row.…