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Field Building in Amherst
This building stood at the corner of Amity and North Pleasant Street. Samuel K. Orr remodeled it as a modern drug store and opened his shop there in 1859. According to the Springfield Republican (October 22, 1864 edition, page 8) William F. Gunn…
Amity Street after the Blizzard of 1888
View west down Amity Street from the corner after the Blizzard of 1888 showing Frank P. Wood's Hotel and the houses on the right side where the Jones Library now sits. Large drifts of snow line the street.
Frank P. Wood's Hotel in Amherst
This building was located on the corner of Amity and North Pleasant Streets. It was previously owned by William F. Gunn and named Gunn's Hotel. There are two women standing, and several men seated, on the veranda. Wood's livery stable is shown to the…
Chase's Block in Amherst
View of Chase's Block on the corner of Amity and North Pleasant Streets. The view includes a parked wagon with a picnic basket beside it, and a baby carriage on the porch in front of the tailoring shop of Henry O. Pease. Other shops in the building…
View north from the center of North Pleasant Street in Amherst
View showing businesses and houses on both sides of the street. a horse-drawn wagon is parked on the street and the business of Lee and Phillips is visible on the right. Written on the bottom of the photograph, "view of residence of Lewis J. Spear…
Back yard on North Pleasant Street in Amherst
View of a pine grove with chairs and a hammock set up. Written on the back of the photograph, "where outdoor gatherings will be held; Mr. Fearing's grove; Wild Garden; now frat; backyard on North Pleasant and Fearing St."
Rustic North Pleasant Street in Amherst
This image shows a tree-lined rural road with a horse and a couple of wagons on it.
Residences and elms on North Pleasant Street in Amherst
This is an area view looking north up North Pleasant Street showing the houses on the left side of the street. The Whipple house is the first on the left. There is a nice view of the lovely elms lining the street.
Residences and elms on North Pleasant Street in Amherst
This is an area view looking north up North Pleasant Street with an emphasis on the left, residential, side of the street. There is a sign for a stove and tin shop visible on the right and a wagon parked in the road.
Businesses on North Pleasant Street in Amherst
Dickinson 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…
Lewis J. Spear Blacksmith shop in Amherst
View of the Lewis J. Spear Blacksmith shop on North Pleasant Street with employees and horses.
View north on North Pleasant Street in Amherst
Stately elms without foliage line the dirt street. There are houses on the left and a horse and wagon parked in front of the shop of Lee and Phillips. Frederick H. Hitchcock writes, in The Handbook of Amherst, "That portion of Pleasant Street which…
Area view of Montague Road in Amherst
Area view of Montague Road in North Amherst. The building on the right is a sawmill once located on Eastman pond. It was first owned by Ansel Marshall, and later by Levi Dickinson. The first house on the left was the property of the Eastman family;…
House on Montague Road in Amherst
View of a house with people, horses, and oxen in the yard. According to a copy of a hand-written note accompanying this photograph, this house was owned by Charles R. Dickinson who later sold it to Enoch Clark. The Ferry family acquired it in 1929.…
Area view of Mill Lane in Amherst
Aerial view of the Mill Lane looking north toward Amherst College and showing fields, livestock, gardens, houses, barns, etc. The Gaylord/Simeon Clark house (later the Lyman Thompson house) is in the foreground; and the Grist Mill is on the left.…