Orient House at Orient Springs in Pelham
Stereographs
Pelham (Mass.)
"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 Mineral Springs connected with it, which the Professors of Amherst College have unanimously pronounced superior to all others on this continent for their curative effects; it commands the most enchanting views that the eye can rest upon. It is situated upon an eminence, and the view from the tower almost surpasses description. The splendid scenery of the broad valley of the Connecticut is spread out like a variegated carpet, surrounded by Mt. Holyoke and Tom in the south, Sugar Loaf and Toby in the west, while hills and mountains in the distance rise one above the other, making a scene of surpassing beauty and grandeur; while near reposes Amherst, a beautiful village with its rows of College buildings on elevated ground, surrounded by pleasant walks and shady groves."
Lovell, John L., 1825-1903
Jones Library Special Collections
Circa 1867
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First fraternity house established in Amherst
Amherst (Mass.)
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 here. It was purchased by the Alpa Delta Phi fraternity in 1874. (See Walker scrapbook 5, page 733, for story of Sellon and the house.)
View of a beautiful, large house with Alpha Delta Phi fraternity members standing in front. Written on the back of photograph, "George Cook's girls school, Madam Barron music teacher; bought for fraternity in 1874 from T. Hersey; new fraternity building dedicated in 1890; this house gutted by fire November 28, 1924; site of the famous water cure."
Lovell, John L., 1825-1903
Jones Library Special Collections
Circa 1874
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Barrett Gymnasium at Amherst College
Amherst (Mass.)
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 in the country erected for gymnastic work in charge of a regularly appointed professor. It is of Pelham granite, and is 70 feet long by 50 wide. It was designed by C. E. Parkes of Boston, and bears the name of Dr. Benjamin Barrett of Northampton, who was a large contributor toward the fund for its erection and support. Since the completion of the Pratt Gymnasium in 1884, the building has been used for various purposes, while awaiting alterations to make it a geological cabinet. When used as a gymnasium, the physician's office, dressing-rooms, and bowling-alleys were on the ground floor, with the main hall for class and special exercise above."
Lovell, John L., 1825-1903
Jones Library Special Collections
Before 1903
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Barrett Gymnasium at Amherst College
Amherst (Mass.)
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 in the country erected for gymnastic work in charge of a regularly appointed professor. It is of Pelham granite, and is 70 feet long by 50 wide. It was designed by C. E. Parkes of Boston, and bears the name of Dr. Benjamin Barrett of Northampton, who was a large contributor toward the fund for its erection and support. Since the completion of the Pratt Gymnasium in 1884, the building has been used for various purposes, while awaiting alterations to make it a geological cabinet. When used as a gymnasium, the physician's office, dressing-rooms, and bowling-alleys were on the ground floor, with the main hall for class and special exercise above."
Lovell, John L., 1825-1903
Jones Library Special Collections
Before 1903
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Barrett Gymnasium at Amherst College
Amherst (Mass.)
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 in the country erected for gymnastic work in charge of a regularly appointed professor. It is of Pelham granite, and is 70 feet long by 50 wide. It was designed by C. E. Parkes of Boston, and bears the name of Dr. Benjamin Barrett of Northampton, who was a large contributor toward the fund for its erection and support. Since the completion of the Pratt Gymnasium in 1884, the building has been used for various purposes, while awaiting alterations to make it a geological cabinet. When used as a gymnasium, the physician's office, dressing-rooms, and bowling-alleys were on the ground floor, with the main hall for class and special exercise above."
Lovell, John L., 1825-1903
Jones Library Special Collections
Before 1903
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Barrett Gymnasium at Amherst College
Amherst (Mass.)
View of Barrett Gymnasium with students in front and landscaped with trees and lawn.
Lovell, John L., 1825-1903
Jones Library Special Collections
Before 1903
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Pratt Gymnasium at Amherst College
Amherst (Mass.)
This building was completed in 1884, and cost $68,000. It received its name in honor of Mr. Charles M. Pratt, of the class of 1879, through whose generosity it was erected. The first floor contained the office of the Professor of Hygiene and Physical Culture, large dressing rooms and main hall. The second floor contained, among other rooms, a billiard room. In the basement were found the baseball cage, bowling alleys and sparring room.
Lovell, John L., 1825-1903
Jones Library Special Collections
Circa 1890
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Barrett Gymnasium at Amherst College
Amherst (Mass.)
This building was erected in 1860, and was named for Dr. Benjamin Barrett, a large contributor to the fund for its construction. Amherst was the first College to introduce gymnastic exercise as a part of regular College work.
Lovell, John L., 1825-1903
Jones Library Special Collections
Circa 1890
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Page from Nathaniel Smith's account book
Physicians
Hadley (Mass.)
Many of the early settlers combined some other occupation with that of farming. Nathaniel Smith, who was among the first of the East Inhabitants of Hadley, was a doctor, the first to practice his profession in the new settlement.
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Circa 1757
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Manuscripts
Folder: Smith, Nathaniel -- Account Book
Advertising card for Edgar R. Bennett business in Amherst
Advertising cards
Business cards
Eyeglasses
Amherst (Mass.)
This trade card advertises the optical business which was run by Edgar R. Bennett from sometime in the 1880s through 1903. Bennett was a watchmaker, jeweler, optician, and bicycle agent. His shop was in Merchants' Row on South Pleasant Street.
Circa 1890
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Cards
Folder: Amherst -- Trade cards