View of the interior of the shop of Stanley A. Phillips on North Pleasant Street. This image is part of an advertisement. Visible in the shop are toilets, stoves, sinks, and a bathtub. The brochure states: "Plumbing of Amherst House lavatory was done…
View of Main Street looking east, showing the William Austin Dickinson house and the Emily Dickinson house. People are standing on the sidewalk. This image shows the area near the current Sweetser Park.
View east from the pillars of the American House block after the Blizzard of 1888. Snow is piled high. Signs for the businesses of Kenfield, Jeweler, and J. L. Lovell are visible and there is a man standing in front of the harness shop.
View looking west toward the Amherst House from the sidewalk in front of Phoenix Row after the Blizzard of 1888. There are people on the sidewalk and snow is piled high. The Amherst House and Merchants' Row are in the background.
View looking west toward the Amherst House from the middle of Main Street in front of Phoenix Row after the Blizzard of 1888. There are two men shoveling and snow is piled high.
South College was used as a dormitory in the early years of Massachusetts Agricultural College. Built in 1867, it was gutted by fire in the winter of 1885 and rebuilt, using some of the walls of the original building which had not burned.
South College flanked by Johnson Chapel on the left and Appleton Cabineton the right. From Handbook of Amherst by Frederick H. Hitchcock, 1894: "It is the oldest building on the college grounds, originally containing both recitation and living…
View looking south down South Pleasant Street showing the business blocks of Merchants' Row and horses hitched to wagons parked on the street. The second Amherst House is in the foreground.
View looking north on South Pleasant Street. Merchants' Row is on the left, Town Common is on the right, and horses with carriages are parked near the shops. The flag pole can be seen at the edge of the Town Common.
Exterior view of Stearns Chapel. Construction was initiated in 1864 by a monetary gift of William F. Stearns. More funds were raised and construction took place beginning in 1870. The building was razed in 1949, except for the steeple, which stands…