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View looking east down Main Street with Phoenix Row on the left and horses and wagons parked along the road. This photograph was taken before 1868 when Palmer Block was built.

View looking south on South Pleasant Street with Merchants' Row on the right. Written on verso:" B. H. Williams occupied marked building as tailor's store; I marked just above where our old sign is in picture; the fire started from the store on the…

View of the American House Hotel and business blocks in Phoenix Row on Main Street.

View on South Prospect Street showing fences along the dirt sidewalks.

View showing a walkway shaded by overhanging trees. Written on verso: "Looking down Pleasant Street."

Early view down Amity Street with white picket fences along the sidewalks and showing houses on both sides of the street.

View of an unidentified street in Amherst with two large houses on the right in the foreground. One of the houses has a portico with large columns and the other has a long porch along the front of the house. Written on verso: "Pleasant St.?…

"Hotel Orient Springs," located in the Pelham Hills, was so named by Edward Hitchcock at the dedication on April 29, 1861. Written on the back of an advertising card: "No summer resort has so many attractions as the Orient Springs House. Besides the…

View of an unidentified street in Amherst with dirt sidewalks and road, and low picket fences lining the sidewalks.

View of a rustic unidentified street in Amherst with a hotel feeding stable on the left.and a horse and carriage on the right.

Merchants' Row (also known as Commercial Row) viewed from the grassy Town Common with the first Amherst House on the right.

View north on South Pleasant Street with Merchants' Row on the left and horses with wagons tied up along the road.

View south on South Pleasant Street with Merchants' Row on the right.

View of Prospect Street when it was a dirt lane and showing a couple of houses on one side of the street.

View up Main Street when it was a dirt road. The Amherst House hotel is visible in the background.