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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.

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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.

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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…

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This brick house on College Street belonged to Julius H. Seelye, who was President of Amherst College from 1876 to 1890.

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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.

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View of the grove of oak trees with Amherst College buildings visible in the background.

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View of the building that initially housed both the Chemistry and Physics Departments. Exterior view of the Laboratory from the bottom of a slope. Construction began in 1892 and was completed in 1894. The landscape around the building was designed by…

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View of a classroom with benches as seating for students and a podium in front. The walls are filled with pictures and a large map. Richard Henry Mather was a professor of Greek language and literature at Amherst College from 1859 to 1890.

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View of a classroom with benches as seating for students and a podium in front. The walls are filled with pictures and a large map. Richard Henry Mather was a professor of Greek language and literature at Amherst College from 1859 to 1890.

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View over student benches with pictures and busts hanging on the back wall.

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This building was erected in 1828-29 as the third meetinghouse of First Congregational Church of Amherst. The pillars were removed by the church in 1861 and it was purchased by the College in 1867.

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View across the south end of the Town Common showing Amherst College buildings. In the road is a person pulling a small cart.

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View across the south end of the Town Common showing Amherst College buildings. In the road is a person pulling a small cart.

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View across a grassy meadow in the Woodside Avenue/Snell Street area over South Pleasant Street to College Hill.

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View south across the fenced Town Common toward Amherst College.
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