East Village Historic District
The East Village Historic District is a historic district encompassing the center of the East Village of Amherst, Massachusetts, United States. It includes properties on Main Street, North East Street, and South East Street.Places of Interest
Highlights include Emily Dickinson Museum and Mead Art Museum.
Emily Dickinson Museum
Museum
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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.
Mead Art Museum
Museum
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.
Beneski Museum of Natural History
Museum
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Amherst and South Amherst.
Amherst
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Amherst is a town in the Pioneer Valley of Western Massachusetts. Amherst is home to about 35,000 residents as well as the campuses of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst College, and Hampshire College.
South Amherst
Suburb
South Amherst is a census-designated place in the town of Amherst in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 4,994 at the 2010 census. South Amherst is situated 2½ miles south of East Village Historic District.
North Amherst
Suburb
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North Amherst is a census-designated place in the city of Amherst in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 6,819 at the 2010 census, up from 6,019 at the 2000 census. North Amherst is situated 3 miles northwest of East Village Historic District.
East Village Historic District
- Type: Neighborhood
- Description: listed on the NRHP in Massachusetts
- Categories: historic district, historic site, and locality
- Location: Hampshire, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.37676° or 42° 22′ 36″ northLongitude
-72.5012° or 72° 30′ 4″ westElevation
187 feet (57 metres)Open location code
87J99FGX+PGOpenStreetMap ID
node 358280438OpenStreetMap feature
historic=districtOpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhoodGeoNames ID
4935530Wikidata ID
Q5329616
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