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View of the crowded Town Common after the fire of July 4, 1879. The Fire Department is in the lower right corner. 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…

View of the very grassy south end of the Town Common with the Amherst College Octagon and other college buildings, and the end of Boltwood Avenue, visible in the background. Stated in "The History of the Town of Amherst, Massachusetts" by Carpenter…

View of the sunken, grassy, and fenced-in south end of the Town Common with Amherst College's College Hill in the background. Stated in "The History of the Town of Amherst, Massachusetts" by Carpenter and Morehouse: "North of College Hill the common…

View looking south from Boltwood Avenue (on the left) across the Town Common and down South Pleasant Street.

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.

View of the length of Town Common from north to south. Boltwood Avenue is on the left and South Pleasant Street on the right.

View of the Town Common in summer with Boltwood Avenue on the left and a drinking water fountain in the foreground.

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.

Image of seating and stage, interior image of Amherst Theatre at the Town Hall, dated for Dec.1930.

Tax record book showing property owned and its value.

Tax record book showing property owned and its value.

Tax record book showing property owned and its value.

Tax record book showing property owned and its value.

Tax record book showing property owned and its value.

Tax record book showing property owned and its value.