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Amherst House Block in the 1920's
The Amherst House Block stood at the corner of South Pleasant and Amity Streets. The Amherst House Hotel was in operation on the upper levels and a number of businesses were located at the street level. Note the Jones Library signs on the second…
American House block
This structure was built on the site where Noah Webster's house was located during the time he spent in Amherst writing his dictionary (1812-1822). It was built as the Hygeian Hotel, which became the American House Hotel in 1855. After 1868, it…
Commercial blocks on upper Main Street
Main Street businesses from Cook's Block east to the Lincoln Building. Visible businesses include W. F. Aubuchon Co., Town House Restaurant, Douglass-Marsh Furniture, The Gift Nook, and Bosco Cleaners. The two businesses on the left side of the…
Phoenix Row and Main Street, 1840
Reproduction of a lithograph of the original Phoenix Row building looking east down Main Street. Building signs include Phoenix Hall Straw Works and D. Mack Jr. and Son. Horse and carts cluster near the buildings, while people stroll the street. On…
Judges Block on Main Street
Peter Suprenant's market store and Sing Lee Laundry in Judges Block on Main Street. Judges Block is located just east of Town Hall. This building was originally located on the site of Town Hall and called Palmer…
Phoenix Row in 1867
East end of Phoenix Row showing the building which housed the studio of J. L. Lovell on the right. There is a horse and wagon in the street and a clock outside one of the…
Cutler's Block
This building was designed by William F. Pratt to replace the one which was destroyed in the fire of July 4, 1879. Visible business signs include Edwards & Bigelow, C. S. Gates, Dentist, and Jackson & Cutler, Successors to Geo.…
Merchants' Row from Town Common before 1879
View of Merchants' Row from the Town Common before the fire of July 4, 1879.…
Merchants' Row after 1865
Town Common appears on the left and the commercial blocks of Merchants' Row appear on the right. On the far right is the brick structure built by Dwight Kellogg in August of 1865. Most of the buildings shown were destroyed by the fire of July 4,…
Merchants' Row before 1865
The house-like building on the right was an 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 building which burned in the fire of July 4,…
Businesses on North Pleasant Street
Business 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…
Middle blocks in Phoenix Row
View of the Kellogg Block and the Marsh Block with men standing on the roof (an Amherst College fraternity?). Note: photograph date between 1879 and…
Phoenix Row after fire
View of burned building with a carriage parked in front. A few trees are coated with ice, probably from firefighting efforts. Business signs visible are Henry Adams and E. A.…
Phoenix Row in winter
Cook's Block in foreground. Horses, carriages, wagons line street, and the trees are lacking foliage.. Business signs visible: Henry Adams, Drugs and Medicines, Aetna, Holland and Son, H. H. Morgan.…
Cook's Block and carriages
Phoenix Row with Cook's Block in the foreground. Horses and carriages parked in front of Henry Adams Drugs and Medicines. Aetna sign visible outside second…