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Pathway on Amherst Town Common
View of a section of Town Common with Grace Episcopal Church and rectory in the background and a footpath in the foreground. There is an unidentified square next to the footpath.
Amherst Town Common
View north across the Town Common with College Street (dirt) in the foreground and Phoenix Row in the background. Boltwood Avenue is visible on the right.
South Pleasant Street in Amherst
Looking south on South Pleasant Street with a view of the Town Common on the left and the Amherst College Octagon Building in the background.
Amherst Town Common
View of the Town Common in summer with Boltwood Avenue on the left and a drinking water fountain in the foreground.
Amherst Town Common
View of the length of Town Common from north to south. Boltwood Avenue is on the left and South Pleasant Street on the right.
Amherst Town Common after the Amherst House fire
Aerial view of the crowded Town Common after the Amherst House fire of July 4, 1879. The Amherst Record of July 9, 1879 stated, "The scene on the common about daylight was a novel one. Everything from the stores had been carried there, and deposited…
Amherst Town Common
View of the Town Common with the trees empty of foliage, a drinking fountain in the middle, and a wagon with large spoked wheels in the foreground. Boltwood Avenue is visible southward from Grace Episcopal Church.
Amherst Town Common
View looking south from Boltwood Avenue (on the left) across the Town Common and down South Pleasant Street.
Amherst Town Common
View of the sunken, grassy, and fenced-in south end of the Town Common with Amherst College's College Hill in the background. Stated in "The History of the Town of Amherst, Massachusetts" by Carpenter and Morehouse: "North of College Hill the common…
Amherst Town Common
View of the very grassy south end of the Town Common with the Amherst College Octagon and other college buildings, and the end of Boltwood Avenue, visible in the background. Stated in "The History of the Town of Amherst, Massachusetts" by Carpenter…
American flag on Amherst Town Common
View of the flag pole with waving American flag which was dedicated on the Town Common on July 4, 1899. Photograph probably taken from a building in Merchants' Row. Written in the Amherst Record of June 28, 1899, "For the first time in many years…
July 4th celebration on Amherst Town Common
Crowd standing on the Town Common during the dedication of the new flagpole on July 4, 1899. Carriages pulled by horses are visible in the foreground.
Mounted men at Fourth of July celebration
View of a group of men on horses in front of the flagpole on the Town Common which was dedicated on July 4, 1899. Names written on verso: Leonard M. Hills, Dr. Perry, Dr. Gates, Charles Edward, George Thayer, Fred Hawley, Julius Trott, Dr. E.M.…
Class of 1882 dedicatory fountain
This fountain was given to Massachusetts Agricultural College as a memorial by the Class of 1882. It is described as having a thistle and crane design, with a boy and a duck near the top. It was made of bronze and stood eight feet six inches tall.…
Durfee Plant House at Massachusetts Agricultural College
Durfee Plant House was built in 1867 with funds donated by Dr. Nathan Durfee of Fall River (one of the first trustees of Massachusetts Agricultural College) and Leonard and Henry F. Hills of Amherst. The structure was destroyed by fire in 1883 and…