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Interior of Morgan Library at Amherst College
View showing a reading room in Morgan Library.
Interior of Morgan Library at Amherst College
View showing a reading room in Morgan Library with a woodstove for heating.
Morgan Library at Amherst College
View of Morgan Library after the 1882 addition was completed. The new addition included the librarian's office and a large book room in the rear.
Interior of Morgan Library at Amherst College
View showing a reading room in Morgan Library.
Barrett Gymnasium at Amherst College
From Handbook of Amherst by Frederick H. Hitchcock, 1894: "The Barrett Gymnasium, erected in 1860 at a cost of $10,000, was largely the means of developing the system of physical culture for which Amherst is justly famous. It was the first building…
Barrett Gymnasium at Amherst College
From Handbook of Amherst by Frederick H. Hitchcock, 1894: "The Barrett Gymnasium, erected in 1860 at a cost of $10,000, was largely the means of developing the system of physical culture for which Amherst is justly famous. It was the first building…
Barrett Gymnasium at Amherst College
From Handbook of Amherst by Frederick H. Hitchcock, 1894: "The Barrett Gymnasium, erected in 1860 at a cost of $10,000, was largely the means of developing the system of physical culture for which Amherst is justly famous. It was the first building…
Barrett Gymnasium at Amherst College
View of Barrett Gymnasium with students in front and landscaped with trees and lawn.
College Row at Amherst College
View of College Hill showing North College, South College and Johnson Chapel. Edward Hitchcock, a professor who later became president of the College, was not pleased with the simple architecture of these buildings. He felt they "form an unsightly…
South College dormitory at Amherst College
South College flanked by Johnson Chapel on the left and Appleton Cabineton the right. From Handbook of Amherst by Frederick H. Hitchcock, 1894: "It is the oldest building on the college grounds, originally containing both recitation and living…
College Row at Amherst College
View of College Hill showing North College, South College and Johnson Chapel. Edward Hitchcock, a professor who later became president of the College, was not pleased with the simple architecture of these buildings. He felt they "form an unsightly…
Johnson Chapel and South College dormitory at Amherst College
View of Johnson Chapel with South College visible on the right and a long row of stairs leading up toward the buildings.
North College dormitory at Amherst College
View of the building that was originally called Middle College until the original North College burned in 1857. Built by Hiram Johnson, an Amherst brick mason.
East College dormitory at Amherst College
View of the dormitory that was constructed after old North College was destroyed by fire in 1857. Construction was partially funded from insurance on old North College. It was razed in 1883. This photograph was taken before 1873, when Stearns Church…
East College dormitory at Amherst College
View of the dormitory that was constructed after old North College was destroyed by fire in 1857. Construction was partially funded from insurance on old North College. It was razed in 1883.The steeple of Stearns Church is visible rising above the…