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View looking over pews toward the pulpit in front from the center aisle.

This wooden church, initially named St. Bridget's, was constructed on North Pleasant Street in 1871 to accomodate the increasing numbers of Irish Catholics who came and settled in Amherst. The building was purchased by Frank T. Turcotte in 1927 for…

View of Grace Episcopal Church and rectory from the Town Common.

View of Grace Episcopal Church with ivy growing up the front of the building. The beginning of Spring Street is just visible on the right.

View of Grace Episcopal Church with ivy growing up the front of the building. The house next door is partially visible on the right.

View of the entryway of Grace Episcopal Church covered with ivy.

View of Grace Episcopal Church with the front of the building almost completely covered by ivy.

View of Grace Episcopal Church and rectory from the Town Common.

View looking over the pews toward the stained glass windows in the front of the church.

View of a grand old elm with no foliage near a farm with barns on East Pleasant Street.

This photograph was taken with the tree in full foliage. Written on verso: "This elm tree stands in the yard of Elijah Ayers, East Pleasant St.; it was cut down the last of the 19th century; Ayers bought the old Whiting place in 1865 (torn down…

View looking down a gently sloping hill to a farmhouse and showing corn and other vegetables planted in the fields.

Looking south across the fenced Town Common toward Amherst College.

Looking south across the fenced Town Common toward Amherst College. Written on verso: "Common enclosed with fence 1860 -- see Hampshire Franklin Express 6/15/1860 p.2."

View of a barely discernible man standing in a deep ravine.