Amherst Central Business District, Amherst

Name: Amherst Central Business District
Address: Amherst, United States

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The Amherst Central Business District is a historic district encompassing the heart of downtown Amherst, Massachusetts. Centered on the northern section of the long town common, the area has been the civic and commercial heart of the town since the 18th century. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991, and slightly enlarged in 2011. ()

Built: 1774 (250 years ago)Coordinates: 42°22'38"N, 72°31'13"W

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Amherst Central Business District – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Mullins Center, Emily Dickinson Museum, Mead Art Museum, University Museum of Contemporary Art.

1.1 miNW
Convention center, Basketball, Hockey
Mullins Center, Amherst
28 min walk • The William D. Mullins Memorial Center, also known as the Mullins Center, is a 9,493-seat multi-purpose arena, located on the campus of the University of Massachusetts, in Amherst, Massachusetts.
~1640 ftE
Emily Dickinson, Museum, Historical place
Emily Dickinson Museum, Amherst
8 min walk • The Emily Dickinson Museum is a historic house museum consisting of two houses: the Dickinson Homestead and the Evergreens. The Dickinson Homestead was the birthplace and home from 1855 to 1886 of 19th-century American poet Emily Dickinson, whose poems were discovered in her bedroom there after her death.
0.5 miSE
Museum, Art museum, Gothic Revival architecture
Mead Art Museum, Amherst
13 min walk • Mead Art Museum houses the fine art collection of Amherst College in Amherst, Massachusetts. Opened in 1949, the building is named after architect William Rutherford Mead, of the prestigious architectural firm McKim, Mead & White. His wife, Olga Kilyeni Mead, left her entire estate to Amherst College.
0.8 miN
Museum, Art museum, Modern art museum
University Museum of Contemporary Art, Amherst
21 min walk • The University Museum of Contemporary Art is a contemporary art museum on the campus of the University of Massachusetts Amherst. The UMCA has been housed in the university's Fine Arts Center since 1975, after the university began collecting works in 1962.
0.5 miSE
Museum, Specialty museum, History museum
Beneski Museum of Natural History, Amherst
12 min walk • The Beneski Museum of Natural History, Amherst College is located on the campus of Amherst College in Amherst, Massachusetts. It showcases fossils and minerals collected locally and abroad, many by past and present students and professors.
0.4 miS
Church
Goodwin Memorial African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, Amherst
12 min walk • The Goodwin Memorial African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church is a historic church on Woodside Avenue in Amherst, Massachusetts.
0.7 miNW
Music and shows, Nightlife, Music venue
Fine Arts Center, Amherst
18 min walk • The Randolph W. Bromery Center for the Arts at the University of Massachusetts Amherst is an arts center located just north of downtown Amherst, Massachusetts and contains a concert hall and a contemporary art gallery.
~940 ftNE
Emily Dickinson, Cemetery
Amherst West Cemetery, Amherst
5 min walk • Amherst West Cemetery is a historic cemetery on Triangle Street in Amherst, Massachusetts. The 4 acres cemetery was first laid out in 1730, when the voters of Hadley elected to establish a new burying ground in its eastern precinct. When the area was separated as Amherst in 1786, the property was taken over by the newly established town.
0.5 miSE
Emily Dickinson, Universities and schools
Amherst College, Amherst
13 min walk • Amherst College is a private liberal arts college in Amherst, Massachusetts. Founded in 1821 as an attempt to relocate Williams College by its then-president Zephaniah Swift Moore, Amherst is the third oldest institution of higher education in Massachusetts.
~670 ftSW
Museum, History museum, Georgian architecture
Strong House, Amherst
4 min walk • The Strong House is a historic house at 67 Amity Street in Amherst, Massachusetts. Built about 1744, it is one of Amherst's oldest surviving houses, and a fine example of mid-18th century Connecticut River Valley architecture.
0.9 miN
Art gallery, Museum, Universities and schools
University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst
24 min walk • The University of Massachusetts Amherst is a public research university in Amherst, Massachusetts and the sole public land-grant university in Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

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Which popular attractions are close to Amherst Central Business District?

Nearby attractions include Jones Library, Amherst (2 min walk), Amity Street, Amherst (3 min walk), Strong House, Amherst (4 min walk), Prospect-Gaylord Historic District, Amherst (5 min walk).