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Hitchcock Hall at Amherst College
This building on Boltwood Avenue at the south end of the Town Common, formerly the Boltwood Mansion, was acquired by the College in 1892 and remodeled as Hitchcock Hall. It became the College dining commons with a capacity of about one hundred table…
Mather Art Collection at Amherst College
View of the plaster casts sculptures in the Mather Art Collection in Williston Hall.
Alpha Delta Phi house in Amherst
View of the Alpha Delta Phi house, contructed in 1890 on the north corner of Pleasant and Sellen Streets, with the old chapter house (the Sellon house) visible behind it. The materials used in construction were Elyria sandstone, pressed brick, and…
Psi Upsilon house in Amherst
This building, originally the residence of the first president of Amherst College, was erected on the south corner of Pleasant and Sellen Streets. It was purchased by the fraternity in 1879 and was sold in 1912, after the construction of the new…
Delta Kappa Epsilon house in Amherst
This house, on Oak Grove Hill, which leads over Lessey Street, was purchased by Delta Kappa Epsilon after a disastrous fire in their room in Cook's Block in 1881. The chapter remained here until they had a new house built in 1914.
Delta Upsilon house in Amherst
View of the Amherst College Delta Upsilon house on South Pleasant Street, purchased by the fraternity in 1882. The fraternity had a new house constructed in a different location in 1915, and Amherst College bought the property in 1917. The house was…
Chi Psi house in Amherst
View of the Amherst College Chi Psi house located on the corner of Northampton Road and South Prospect Street. This house was razed in 1922 for the construction of the new chapter house.
Beta Theta Phi house in Amherst
This house was located on the north corner of College Street and Boltwood Avenue, and was purchased by the fraternity in 1886. It was demolished in 1914 to make way for the new Beta Theta Pi house. This chapter of the fraternity was the outgrowth of…
Chi Phi house in Amherst
This house on College Street was the first Chi Phi fraternity house in Amherst. The fraternity's second house was constructed in 1917.
Theta Delta Chi house in Amherst
This house was located on the corner of Northampton Road and Lincoln Avenue, and was purchased by the fraternity in 1889. It was demolished, along with the house of Professor Levi Henry Elwell, for the construction of the fraternity's new house in…
Phi Delta Theta house in Amherst
This house, known as the Houghton place, was located on the south corner of College Street and Boltwood Avenue. I was purchased by the fraternity in 1894, and sold to Amherst College in 1912. The house was demolished in 1913.
Phi Gamma Delta house in Amherst
This house was erected on North Pleasant Street and belonged to the youngest fraternity instituted at the College. This chapter of the fraternity was established at Amherst College in 1893.
Amherst College grandstand on Pratt Field
The proposal for Pratt Field and grandstand, located on Northampton Road, was initiated, and the cost met, in 1890 by Frederic B. Pratt of the class of 1887. The grandstand was built in 1891 and had a seating capacity of around four hundred. It also…
Residence of Amherst College President Julius H. Seelye
This brick house on College Street belonged to Julius H. Seelye, who was President of Amherst College from 1876 to 1890.
Residence of Professor William S. Tyler in Amherst
This building (birthplace of Helen Hunt Jackson) was erected on Oak Grove Hill, which leads over Lessey Street. It was eventually demolished and is now the site of the Tyler House, Amherst College residence hall.