The Amherst Central Business District is a historic district encompassing the heart of downtown Amherst, Massachusetts. When first listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991, it consisted of a group of mostly brick commercial buildings, built between 1836 and 1930, centered on the junction of South Pleasant, North Pleasant, Amity, and Main Streets, and Boltwood Avenue. The notable non-commercial buildings in the district include the Strong House (separately listed in 1984), the Grace Episcopal Church, the First Baptist Church, and Amherst Town Hall. The district includes a portion of the town common, including a fountain.
Population: 19,065
Latitude: 42° 22' 31.33" N
Longitude: -72° 31' 9.30" W
Amherst College is a private liberal arts college located in Amherst, Massachusetts, United States. Amherst is an exclusively undergraduate four-year institution and enrolled 1,817 students in the fall of 2012. Students choose courses from 38 major …
The University of Massachusetts Amherst (otherwise known as UMass Amherst or simply UMass) is a public research and land-grant university in Amherst, Massachusetts, United States, and the flagship of the University of Massachusetts system.
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The city of Northampton (/nɔrˈθæmptən/) is the county seat of Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States.
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