Amherst History Month-By-Month

Hetty Startup March 10, 2023 2

I find myself using the word view-shed when discussing the issues of historic architecture and...

Hetty Startup February 24, 2023 1

This month’s column is about Amherst’s public service buildings such as the fire, police, and...

Hetty Startup February 3, 2023 1

“People feel a longing to belong to the natural world wherever they live…” Robin Wall...

Hetty Startup January 27, 2023 1

If you ask any photographer or artist, they may say that at some point their...

Hetty Startup January 13, 2023 5

“Neath the elms of dear old Amherststands our college fair,hail to thee our alma mater,Stockbridge...

Hetty Startup December 30, 2022 4

Significant architectural styles sometimes come about with birth pangs that linger afterwards. The same could...

Hetty Startup December 9, 2022 0

When thinking of a typical New England town, an image can be conjured that includes...

Hetty Startup November 11, 2022 6

“Grant that before I judge my neighbor I walk in [their] Moccasins for many moons.Native...

Hetty Startup October 14, 2022 6

Within spitting distance of the Town Common and Amherst College, lie two of our town...

Hetty Startup September 16, 2022 7

Amherst History Month-by-Month With the concerns and recent press for the Jones Library demolition and...

Hetty Startup September 2, 2022 0

It is places rather than spaces that are important when it comes to historic preservation....

Hetty Startup August 5, 2022 12

This is the first in what is hoped to be a monthly column on historic...