Porter House
Porter House is a dormitory in Town of Amherst, Hampshire, Massachusetts which is located on Boltwood Avenue. Porter House is situated nearby to Emily Dickinson Museum, as well as near Beneski Museum of Natural History.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
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. Emily Dickinson Museum is situated 1,300 feet northeast of Porter House.
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. Mead Art Museum is situated 1,400 feet southeast of Porter House.
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. Beneski Museum of Natural History is situated 1,400 feet southeast of Porter House.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Amherst and East Village Historic District.
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.
East Village Historic District
Neighborhood
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.
South Amherst
Hamlet
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 Porter House.
Porter House
- Type: Dormitory
- Address: 46 Boltwood Avenue, MA
- Categories: building and residential building
- Location: Town of Amherst, Hampshire, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.37412° or 42° 22′ 27″ northLongitude
-72.51856° or 72° 31′ 7″ westElevation
295 feet (90 metres)Open location code
87J99FFJ+JHOpenStreetMap ID
way 217242575OpenStreetMap feature
building=dormitoryGeoNames ID
4947846
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