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This is the original South College building and was used as a dormitory in the early years of Massachusetts Agricultural College. Built in 1867, it was gutted by fire in the winter of 1885 and rebuilt, using some of the walls of the original building…

This is the original South College building and was used as a dormitory in the early years of Massachusetts Agricultural College. Built in 1867, it was gutted by fire in the winter of 1885 and rebuilt, using some of the walls of the original building…

View of the remains of the original South College building, lined with a crowd of students, after the fire in 1885. The walls which remain standing were incorporated into the new South College building.

This is the second incarnation of South College. It was constructed on the footprint of the old South College which was decimated by fire in 1885. This photograph shows new landscaping around the building.

This is the second incarnation of South College. It was constructed on the footprint of the old South College which was decimated by fire in 1885.

South College was used as a dormitory in the early years of Massachusetts Agricultural College. Constructed in 1867, it was gutted by fire in the winter of 1885 and rebuilt, using some of the walls of the original building which had not burned.

South College was used as a dormitory in the early years of Massachusetts Agricultural College. Constructed in 1867, it was gutted by fire in the winter of 1885 and rebuilt, using some of the walls of the original building which had not burned.

Pen and ink illustration of stocks with a bench in front of them and a large tree behind. Some other trees, gravestones, and a stone wall are in the background.

Exterior view of the Strong House with "towering buttonwood trees" seen from North Prospect Street.

A two-story tavern with a large porch and a side building stand uphill from the photographer who stands on a fork in the road with the left one going towards the tavern and the right one heading off frame. A wooden fence is seen on the right and…

This one of the oldest houses on Bay Road in Amherst and was originally brick on the exterior.

A sailing boat passing an iron bridge. Caption on reverse "New York an old time Sailing vessel on the Hudson."

Boats tied up to the docks as well as those tied up out in the river, with a wooden bridge that connected Springfield to West Springfield in the background.

A two-story commercial building with "WALLPAPERS WHOLESALE AND RETAIL," "STOVES," and "STATE ST. MARKET FRESH & SALT MEATS" signs. A number of people and horse-drawn wagons stroll up and down the street and sidewalk.

This building is the third meetinghouse constructed by the First Congregational Church of Amherst. First Church removed the east portico of this building in 1861, as shown in this photograph. Amherst College bought this building in 1867, and renamed…