Looking south across the fenced Town Common toward Amherst College. Written on verso: "Common enclosed with fence 1860 -- see Hampshire Franklin Express 6/15/1860 p.2."
This photograph was taken with the tree in full foliage. Written on verso: "This elm tree stands in the yard of Elijah Ayers, East Pleasant St.; it was cut down the last of the 19th century; Ayers bought the old Whiting place in 1865 (torn down…
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…