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Merchants' Row in Amherst from the Town Common
Merchants' Row (also known as Commercial Row) viewed from the grassy Town Common with the first Amherst House on the right.
Business blocks on Merchants' Row in Amherst
View north on South Pleasant Street with Merchants' Row on the left and horses with wagons tied up along the road.
Business blocks on Merchants' Row in Amherst
View south on South Pleasant Street with Merchants' Row on the right.
Rustic view of Prospect Street in Amherst
View of Prospect Street when it was a dirt lane and showing a couple of houses on one side of the street.
View west on Main Street toward the Amherst House hotel
View up Main Street when it was a dirt road. The Amherst House hotel is visible in the background.
West end of Phoenix Row in Amherst
View of upper Phoenix Row on Main Street in Amherst with awnings on some of the store fronts. Written on verso: "I work right where I made the two marks; gas lamps put in 1873, out by 1894."
West end of Phoenix Row in Amherst
Early view of Phoenix Row business blocks. Written on verso: "Before 1873-no gaslights; shows Charles Deuel store, Deuel's store in Amherst House Block by 1886 according to town directory."
Rustic view on Main Street in Amherst
View of houses on Main Street in Amherst through a triangular patch of grass and trees.
Old Amherst High School building
This Amherst High School building was located on Spring Street in Amherst from 1867 to 1916.
Palmer Block in Amherst
This business block is called Palmer Block and is where Emily Dickinson's father and brother operated their law firm. Written on verso: "C.J.W. from Mother Dec. 25, 1875."
First National Bank of Amherst
This is the old First National Bank building on Main Street, designed by William Fenno Pratt and built in 1864. The building was home to S. K. Orr Apothecary as well as the bank. In 1891, First National Bank moved to the center of town and took up…
Garden on a hill in Amherst
View of a garden planted on a hill with what looks like a flagpole marking the spot.
North Amherst mill and pond
View of a mill, dam, and pond at Puffers Pond in North Amherst. Written on verso: "Paper mill No. Amherst. "
Puffers Pond waterfall in North Amherst
View of a waterfall at Puffers Pond in North Amherst. Written on verso: "The Golden Gate Falls, No. Amherst."
Two mills on Mill River in Amherst
View of mills in the Cushman section of North Amherst. Written on verso: "The "Forge", later the "Bunghole"; used to forge "frogs" for railroad construction; on south bank of Mill River shortly west of bridge. "