South Amherst Common Historic District, Amherst
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The South Amherst Common Historic District encompasses the village common and surrounding buildings of South Amherst, Massachusetts. This area developed as a rural residential village hub in the 18th and 19th centuries. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995. ()
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South Amherst Common Historic District – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)
Nearby attractions include: Hampshire Mall, Mountain Farms Mall, Emily Dickinson Museum, Mead Art Museum.
2.4 miNWShopping, Shopping centreHampshire Mall, Hadley
62 min walk • Hampshire Mall is a primarily one-story shopping mall with a small second floor in Hadley, Massachusetts, United States, with approximately 55 stores owned by The Pyramid Companies.
2.6 miWShopping, Shopping centreMountain Farms Mall, Hadley
67 min walk • Mountain Farms Mall is a shopping center in Hadley, Massachusetts, United States, with approximately 12 stores. It is located on Route 9, at 335 Russell Street in Hadley, Massachusetts, between Amherst and Northampton, approximately five miles east of Exit 19 off I-91. The mall is owned by S.R. Weiner and WS Development.
2.4 miNEmily Dickinson, Museum, Historical placeEmily Dickinson Museum, Amherst
63 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.
2.1 miNMuseum, Art museum, Gothic Revival architectureMead Art Museum, Amherst
54 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.
1.8 miSWMuseum, Specialty museumYiddish Book Center, Amherst
46 min walk • The Yiddish Book Center, located on the campus of Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts, United States, is a cultural institution dedicated to the preservation of books in the Yiddish language, as well as the culture and history those books represent.
2.2 miNMuseum, Specialty museum, History museumBeneski Museum of Natural History, Amherst
56 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.
2.7 miNW 2.2 miNWChurchGoodwin Memorial African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, Amherst
57 min walk • The Goodwin Memorial African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church is a historic church on Woodside Avenue in Amherst, Massachusetts.
2 miSWMuseum, Art museumEric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, Amherst
52 min walk • The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art is a museum devoted to the art of the picture book and especially the children's book. It is a member of Museums10 and is adjacent to the campus of Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts. The Carle was founded by Eric and Barbara Carle, and designed by Juster Pope Frazier Architects.
2.1 miNEmily Dickinson, Universities and schoolsAmherst College, Amherst
54 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.
1.7 miSWUniversities and schoolsHampshire College, Amherst
45 min walk • Hampshire College is a private liberal arts college in Amherst, Massachusetts. It was opened in 1970 as an experiment in alternative education, in association with four other colleges in the Pioneer Valley: Amherst College, Smith College, Mount Holyoke College, and the University of Massachusetts Amherst.