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Phoenix Row and Main Street in Amherst, 1840
Reproduction of a lithograph of the original Phoenix Row building looking east down Main Street. Building signs include Phoenix Hall Straw Works and D. Mack Jr. and Son. Horse and carts cluster near the buildings, while people stroll the street. On…
Judges Block on Main Street in Amherst
View of Peter Suprenant's market store and Sing Lee Laundry in Judges Block on Main Street. Judges Block is located just east of Town Hall. This building was originally located on the site of Town Hall and called Palmer Block.
Portrait of Walter Mason Dickinson
Hand-colored portrait of Walter Mason Dickinson in uniform. He was the only Amherst man to die in the Spanish-American War in Cuba. According to a Springfield newspaper article, his remains were brought back to the United States by Ellery F.…
Procession of Civil War veterans
Procession of Civil War veterans marching north on South Pleasant Street. They are preceded by a band and marshall and followed by a group of women or children and a group of carriages pulled by horses. This is probably a Memorial Day event which…
Walter Mason Dickinson at Fort Sill
Walter Mason Dickinson at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. He was the grandson of Marquis Fayette Dickinson and the only Amherst man to die in the Spanish-American War. He fell in the Battle of El Caney (Cuba) on July 1, 1898, which was a precursor to the Battle…
Pencil sketch of Lincoln Avenue and Northampton Road in Amherst
Pencil sketch of Lincoln Avenue and Northampton Road in 1860 drawn by Samuel K. Orr. View looking west.
John L. Lovell House in Amherst
View of the house on North Prospect Street that was the residence of Amherst photographer John L. Lovell. It is Gothic Cottage style, rare in Amherst. According to the October 7, 1869 edition of the Hampshire Franklin Express, construction was…
Letter to Major General Shepard about Shays' Rebellion
Dr. Erastus Sargeant writes to Major General William Shepard describing being captured by Shays' Regulators as they attack and loot the town of Stockbridge. They are defeated during a final bloody encounter with government militia at Sheffield, MA on…
Amherst Academy and Parsons House
View of Amity Street and Amherst Academy building, where Emily Dickinson went to school. The Academy building is three and one-half stories and federal style. The building was razed in 1868. Rev. David Parsons House is on the right. The Jones Library…
Program for Amherst Academy exhibition
Program for an exhibition of music and oration in Greek, Latin, and English at the Amherst Academy. Noah Webster is listed as the speaker giving the opening oration.
Advertisement for trucking business of Edward S. Puffer
Advertisement for the trucking business of Edward S. Puffer, dealer in coal, wood, ice, hay, grain, meal and feeds.
Kiely Brothers Ford and the Whipple House in Amherst
Keily Brothers Ford Sales and Service is on the left and the Jones Library, when it was in operation in the Whipple House, is on the right. Next to the Jones Library is the delicatessen of Louis Pappas, and next to that is the house in which Pappas…
Ruins of the Amherst House after the 1926 fire
View of the corner of Amity and South Pleasant Streets after the fire of December 9, 1926. The ruins of the Amherst House are visible, as well as the east side of the Amherst Cinema building. The Jones Library was operating on the second floor of the…
Kellogg House, North Pleasant Street in Amherst
Kellogg House on the corner of North Pleasant Street and Kellogg Avenue, which is the site of the present Post Office. It was owned by William Kellogg who owned the Kellogg Block that burned in 1923. Written on back: "Sign on house says Dr. Barrett.…
Aerial view, North Pleasant Street in Amherst, west side
Aerial view of the west side of North Pleasant Street south to Amity Street. The building which was the Elm Tree Inn, and which housed the Amherst Tavern, was the first house at the center of the photograph. The top of the Amherst House is visible in…