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View of the right side of the church and the old fence.

View of the right side of the church and new fence.

Exterior view of the First Congregational Church of Amherst from across Main Street.

Exterior view of the First Congregational Church of Amherst from across Main Street.

Exterior view of the First Congregational Church of Amherst from across Main Street.

This is the Dr. William F. Sellon house, rumoured to have had a subcellar connected to a tunnel which ran under Sellon Street to the house across. Dr. Sellon was an Amherst physician who built the house around 1824 and later ran a water cure facility…

A white boy stands in a field holding a plow hitched to a horse while a man stands nearby holding a hand of a second boy and pointing at the plow. The farm building is visible on top of the hill behind.

A girl and a boy, identified as Margaret and Oscar Johnson, sit on the steps of a wooden house. She is looking on as he is whittling a piece of wood.

A girl and a boy, identified as Margaret and Oscar Johnson, at the back door of a wooden house. She is sitting on the steps whittling, while he is kneeling in front of her looking on.

View of the old First National Bank building which was designed by William Fenno Pratt and built in 1864. The building was home to S. K. Orr Apothecary as well as the bank. In 1891, the Bank moved to the center of town and located in Merchants' Row.…

View of the old First National Bank building on Main Street which was designed by William Fenno Pratt and built in 1864. The building was home to S. K. Orr Apothecary as well as the bank. In 1878, the town laid a concrete sidewalk in front of the…

View of the old First National Bank building on Main Street which was designed by William Fenno Pratt and built in 1864. The building was home to S. K. Orr Apothecary as well as the bank. In 1878, the town laid a concrete sidewalk in front of the…

View of the old First National Bank building on Main Street which was designed by William Fenno Pratt and built in 1864. The building was home to S. K. Orr Apothecary as well as the bank. In 1878, the town laid a concrete sidewalk in front of the…

This is the old First National Bank building on Main Street, designed by William Fenno Pratt and built in 1864. The building was home to S. K. Orr Apothecary as well as the bank. In 1891, First National Bank moved to the center of town and took up…

Image of bank staff inside of first national bank. One man is seated at a small machine with one man to the left, three men to the right and two women at the center back. On the left are desks, and on the right a caged area of more desks.