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Early morning restaurant fire in Amherst
Firefighters aim a powerful jet of water at this burning restaurant across from the Town Common. More than 40 Amherst and UMass firefighters fought the blaze for hours in near zero weather before it was brought under control.
After the Amherst House fire, 1926
This image shows the smoldering scene the morning after the fire that decimated the Amherst House on the evening of December 9, 1926.
Jones Library in Amherst House Hotel
Exterior of the Amherst House Hotel. The Jones Library was housed on the second floor until the building burned in 1926.
Amity and Pleasant Street after Amherst House fire
View of ruins of Amherst House, where Jones Library was housed
Jones Library in the Whipple House
The Whipple House, which once housed the Jones Library. "Jan 1927" is written on the bottom right of the photo.