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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.

View of the Town Common in summer with Boltwood Avenue on the left and a drinking water fountain in the foreground.

View of the length of Town Common from north to south. Boltwood Avenue is on the left and South Pleasant Street on the right.

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.

View looking south from Boltwood Avenue (on the left) across the Town Common and down South Pleasant Street.

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…

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…

View of the crowded Town Common after the fire of July 4, 1879. The Fire Department is in the lower right corner. 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…

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…

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…

This building was constructed on the site of the Palmer Block, which was destroyed by fire during the Blizzard of 1888. It was designed by Henry S. McKay of Boston. Construction was completed in November 1890. The clock is installed in the tower in…

View of the newly constructed Town Hall and Main Street. Ivy has been planted and is just beginning to grow up the front of the building. The clock has not been installed and there is a partial view of the Grace Episcopal Church rectory on the right.…

View of the newly constructed Town Hall. This may be the earliest photograph after the completion of Town Hall. The clock has not been installed and there are no bushes planted in front. There is a partial view of the Grace Episcopal Church rectory…

View west down Amity Street from the corner after the Blizzard of 1888 showing Frank P. Wood's Hotel and the houses on the right side where the Jones Library now sits. Large drifts of snow line the street.

Exterior view of Amity Street school which stood on the site of the parking lot across from the Jones Library.