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Cutler's Block on South Pleasant Street
This building was designed by William Fenno Pratt to replace the one which was destroyed in the fire of July 4, 1879, which also destroyed the Amherst House. Visible business signs include Edwards & Bigelow, C. S. Gates, Dentist, and Jackson &…
North end of Merchants' Row on South Pleasant Street
View south on South Pleasant Street with a prominent view of Kellogg's Block showing the driveway to Stebbins' Livery Stable. Men are leaning out third-story windows, a clock is visible outside J. A. Rawson, and a sign for Amherst Dental Rooms hangs…
Merchants' Row and Baptist Church in Amherst
View of Merchants' Row on South Pleasant Street with the First Baptist Church in the background. Horses, carriages and wagons line the street and there is a covering of snow on the ground.
Merchants' Row on South Pleasant Street
View from the south end of Merchants' Row showing Kendrick Market on the left and a portion of the first Amherst House on the right.
Merchants' Row on South Pleasant Street
View from the south end of Merchants' Row showing Kendrick Market on the left and a portion of the first Amherst House on the right. Horses hitched to wagons line the street.
Merchants' Row on South Pleasant Street
View from the south end of Merchants' Row showing Kendrick Market on the left. Horses hitched to wagons line the street.
Merchants' Row as seen from the Town Common
View of Merchants' Row from the Town Common across South Pleasant Street. Good view of Stebbins' Livery Stable in the back of the business blocks on the right.
Merchants' Row and Baptist Church in Amherst
View of Merchants' Row on South Pleasant Street with the First Baptist Church in the background. Horses, carriages and wagons line the street and there is a covering of snow on the ground.
Merchants' Row on South Pleasant Street
View from the north end of Merchant's Row. The house-like building on the right was the old post office building owned by Dwight Kellogg. In June of 1865 Kellogg tried to remodel and raise the building but it collapsed. He then built the brick…
W. D. Cowls team after the Blizzard of 1888
The horse team of W. D. Cowls rests in front of Frank P. Wood's Hotel and Livery (corner of Amity and North Pleasant Streets) after the Blizzard of 1888, accompanied by a large group of men and boys. A number of such teams were formed to clear the…
Field Building in Amherst
This building stood at the corner of Amity and North Pleasant Street. Samuel K. Orr remodeled it as a modern drug store and opened his shop there in 1859. According to the Springfield Republican (October 22, 1864 edition, page 8) William F. Gunn…
Chase's Block in Amherst
View of Chase's Block on the corner of Amity and North Pleasant Streets. The view includes a parked wagon with a picnic basket beside it, and a baby carriage on the porch in front of the tailoring shop of Henry O. Pease. Other shops in the building…
View north from the center of North Pleasant Street in Amherst
View showing businesses and houses on both sides of the street. a horse-drawn wagon is parked on the street and the business of Lee and Phillips is visible on the right. Written on the bottom of the photograph, "view of residence of Lewis J. Spear…
Residences and elms on North Pleasant Street in Amherst
This is an area view looking north up North Pleasant Street with an emphasis on the left, residential, side of the street. There is a sign for a stove and tin shop visible on the right and a wagon parked in the road.
Businesses on North Pleasant Street in Amherst
Dickinson Block on the southeast corner of North Pleasant Street in the area where Antonio's Pizza is now located. Businesses visible, from right to left, are: C. H. Sanderson & Co, clothiers, The Grange Store, S. A. Phillips, a meat market, and a…