Amity Street is a main east-west street in Amherst, Massachusetts, United States. It is the continuation of Main Street, being renamed Amity Street west of Pleasant Street, which is the main north-south street in Amherst. Emily Dickinson lived on Main Street, while Eugene Field lived on 219 Amity Street.[1] The street is about one mile (1.6 km) south of the University of Massachusetts Amherst campus and 0.3 miles (0.48 km) west of the town common. Route 9 runs about 0.5 miles (0.80 km) south of Amity Street. The street also features a number of grand old Victorian homes and historically significant buildings such as the Jones Library, the Strong House, the Amherst Cinema Building and the Solomon Boltwood House.[2][3][4][5]
References
edit- ^ "Eugene Field House (1839)". Historic Buildings of Massachusetts. Archived from the original on 2016-12-29. Retrieved 2016-12-28.
- ^ "Jones Library, Amherst (1928)". Historic Buildings of Massachusetts. Archived from the original on 2016-12-29. Retrieved 2016-12-28.
- ^ "National Register of Historic Places". Amherst.
- ^ "Amherst Cinema Building (1926)". Historic Buildings of Massachusetts. Archived from the original on 2016-12-29. Retrieved 2016-12-28.
- ^ "Solomon Boltwood House (1745)". Historic Buildings of Massachusetts. Archived from the original on 2016-12-29. Retrieved 2016-12-28.
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