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Amherst Town Common
View looking south from Boltwood Avenue (on the left) across the Town Common and down South Pleasant Street.
Amherst Town Common
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.
Amherst Town Common after the Amherst House fire
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…
Amherst Town Common
View of the length of Town Common from north to south. Boltwood Avenue is on the left and South Pleasant Street on the right.
Amherst Town Common
View of the Town Common in summer with Boltwood Avenue on the left and a drinking water fountain in the foreground.
South Pleasant Street in Amherst
Looking south on South Pleasant Street with a view of the Town Common on the left and the Amherst College Octagon Building in the background.
Amherst Town Common
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.
Pathway on Amherst Town Common
View of a section of Town Common with Grace Episcopal Church and rectory in the background and a footpath in the foreground. There is an unidentified square next to the footpath.
Amherst Town Common after the Amherst House fire
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…
Amherst Town Common after the Amherst House fire
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…
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 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.
Phoenix Row in Amherst from the Town Common
View of Cook's Block through elm trees on the Town Common. Horses and wagons line the street.
Phoenix Row in Amherst from the Town Common
View of Cook's Block, Marsh Block and Kellogg Block through trees on the Town Common.
View south toward Amherst College
Aerial view from an upper floor in Phoenix Row showing Boltwood Avenue and Grace Episcopal Church on the left and a portion of the Town Common on the right and extending up to College Hill at Amherst College.