View of the second incarnation of the Amherst House, a large hotel and business block. The first Amherst House was destroyed by fire on July 4, 1879. Horses and carriages are parked on the street and people are loitering near the building.
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View of the second incarnation of the Amherst House, a large hotel and business block. The first Amherst House was destroyed by fire on July 4, 1879. A horse and carriage are parked on the street.
The Baptist Church as seen through the arches of two trees in winter. Adjacent houses are visible and the ground has a covering of snow.
View of the First Baptist Church on South Pleasant Street with a white fence in the foreground.
View of the First Baptist Church, and adjacent houses, on South Pleasant Street.
View of a dam showing the spillway, possibly the dam at Factory Hollow Pond (now Puffers Pond).
House on Sunset Avenue built by Edward W. Carpenter (foreground) with a view of the adjacent house in the background.
View of a section of Town Common with Grace Episcopal Church and rectory in the background and a footpath in the foreground. There is an unidentified square next to the footpath.
View north across the Town Common with College Street (dirt) in the foreground and Phoenix Row in the background. Boltwood Avenue is visible on the right.
Looking south on South Pleasant Street with a view of the Town Common on the left and the Amherst College Octagon Building in the background.
View of the Town Common in summer with Boltwood Avenue on the left and a drinking water fountain in the foreground.
View of the length of Town Common from north to south. Boltwood Avenue is on the left and South Pleasant Street on the right.
LOV0400; Folder: Amherst- Town Common- Area Views- Looking South
Amherst Town Common after the Amherst House fire
Aerial view of the crowded Town Common after the Amherst House fire of July 4, 1879. The Amherst Record of July 9, 1879 stated, "The scene on the common about daylight was a novel one. Everything from the stores had been carried there, and deposited without much regard to appearances, and a more promiscuous lot of articles were seldom seen together."
View of the Town Common with the trees empty of foliage, a drinking fountain in the middle, and a wagon with large spoked wheels in the foreground. Boltwood Avenue is visible southward from Grace Episcopal Church.