Downtown

Downtown is hillier than the Northside. Although the ground rises steadily north from the river, there are dips and ridges as it climbs. The town square is the most level part of Downtown.
North of Colwen Street this thickly built neighborhood is mostly residential, and mostly lower class. Here also is the common, or town square, which is formally known as Independence Square. The houses bordering the common on the north and east sides are stately mansions, but the homes behind them, topped with gables and gambrel roofs and built around 1820, are commoner and more crowded together. New Jerusalem Sanitarium was originally a huge Georgian double home built by the Pickering brothers, Paul and Thomas Jr., in 1822.
Most of New Jerusalem’s civic services are located on the west and south sides of the common. They include the town hall, the courthouse, the police station, and the fire hall. Most of these buildings were constructed in the mid-eighteenth century in a classical style with large pillars and pediments; some have wings added later. The town hall is a four-story building of late Georgian or Federalist Revival design. Professionals, particularly lawyers and bail bondsmen, are found here, as are New Jerusalem’s two major banks.
The Common is surrounded on its other sides by large and impressive Federalist homes built in the early nineteenth century. Many have been divided into apartments or boarding houses.
A small area along Garrison Street features good restaurants and a variety of family entertainment. This area may be busy on weekend evenings, unusual in New Jerusalem.
Peabody Avenue, Fish Row, and Federal Street are lined with small shops and industries, constituting one of New Jerusalem’s dirtier, smellier areas. A few local markets and diners also appear there. Several abandoned mills decay at the water’s edge.

Notable Locations

• Adams Lumber Yard - 315 E Water Street
• American House Hotel - 412 Fish Row
• Amherst Movie Theater - 480 N Garrison Street
• Art's Billiards - 139 E Wantage Street
• Asbury M.E. Church - 640 Boggs Street
• Ballard's Auto Lot - NW Corner of High Lane and Peabody
• Bargain Centre - 408 Fish Row
• Bee's Diner - 332 E Colwen Street
• Burden's Bindery - 420 N Peabody Avenue
• Common Dogs - On or around the Common
• Demolition Site - NW Corner of Boggs and Wantage
• Dennison's Ice Cream Emporium - 148 E Wantage Street
• Diamond Credit Agency - 682 Boggs Street
• Dr. Heinrich T. Muelhig - 157 E Colwen Street
• EZ Pawn - 410 Fish Row
• Fast Photos - 420 Fish Row
• Fire Department - 418 E Wantage Street
• First National Grocery Store - 422 N Garrison Street
• Fleetwood Diner - 715 Dyer Street
• Globe Cinema - 552 N Garrison Street
• Hale Building - 589 Boggs Street
• Hamburger Charlie's - 400 Fish Row
• The Har-De-Har Joke Shop - 404 Fish Row
• The Henderson Home - 407 Fish Row
• Independence Self Service Coin Laundry - 414 Fish Row
• Independence Square - The Common
• Kenneth Heath, Private Investigator - 136 E Colwen Street
• Massachusetts Guard Armory - 560 Boggs Street
• Miss Rose's - 403 Fish Row
• Missituk Valley Savings Bank - 420 Boggs Street
• Mushnik's Florist - 413 Fish Row
• New Golden Bamboo Palace - NE Corner of Garrison and Wantage
• New Jerusalem Bell Telephone - 345 E Wantage Street
• New Jerusalem Cab Company - 433 N Peabody Avenue
• New Jerusalem Courthouse - 666 N Peabody Avenue
• New Jerusalem Edison - 470 Boggs Street
• New Jerusalem First Bank - 150 E Hyde Street
• New Jerusalem Janitorial Service - 568 Boggs Street
• New Jerusalem Natural Gas Company - 235 Wantage Street
• New Jerusalem Police Station - 302 E Wantage Street
• New Jerusalem Public Library - 630 Boggs Street
• New Jerusalem Sanitarium - 225 E Derby Street
• New Jerusalem Town Hall - 551 N Peabody Avenue
• New Jerusalem Trolleys - 404 E Wantage Street
• Northside Market - 467 Boggs Street
• Olde Jerusalem Package Store - 402 Fish Row
• Park and Lock Parking Centre - 401 Fish Row
• Penny Arcade - NE Corner of High Lane and Garrison
• Phillips 66 Station - NW Corner of High Lane and Peabody
• Pin Liou Tattoos - 421 Fish Row
• Railroad Properties - Downtown
• Rotary Club - 650 N Garrison Street
• Salety's Market - 411 Fish Row
• Sethwich Bus - 705 Dyer Street
• Sheehan Contractor Supply - 411 Fish Row
• Slaughter House - 400 E Water Street
• The Sunset Cabaret - 419 Fish Row
• U.S. Post Office - 487 N Peabody Avenue
• Wickman Funeral Home - 650 Boggs Street

Maps

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  Downtown Color

Type

Neighbourhood

Included Locations

• Adams Lumber Yard - 315 E Water Street
• American House Hotel - 412 Fish Row
• Amherst Movie Theater - 480 N Garrison Street
• Art's Billiards - 139 E Wantage Street
• Asbury M.E. Church - 640 Boggs Street
• Ballard's Auto Lot - NW Corner of High Lane and Peabody
• Bargain Centre - 408 Fish Row
• Bee's Diner - 332 E Colwen Street
• Burden's Bindery - 420 N Peabody Avenue
• Common Dogs - On or around the Common
• Demolition Site - NW Corner of Boggs and Wantage
• Dennison's Ice Cream Emporium - 148 E Wantage Street
• Diamond Credit Agency - 682 Boggs Street
• Dr. Heinrich T. Muelhig - 157 E Colwen Street
• EZ Pawn - 410 Fish Row
• Fast Photos - 420 Fish Row
• Fire Department - 418 E Wantage Street
• First National Grocery Store - 422 N Garrison Street
• Fleetwood Diner - 715 Dyer Street
• Globe Cinema - 552 N Garrison Street
• Hale Building - 589 Boggs Street
• Hamburger Charlie's - 400 Fish Row
• Independence Self Service Coin Laundry - 414 Fish Row
• Independence Square - The Common
• Kenneth Heath, Private Investigator - 136 E Colwen Street
• Massachusetts Guard Armory - 560 Boggs Street
• Miss Rose's - 403 Fish Row
• Mission Haven - 416 Fish Row
• Missituk Valley Savings Bank - 420 Boggs Street
• Mushnik's Florist - 413 Fish Row
• New Golden Bamboo Palace - NE Corner of Garrison and Wantage
• New Jerusalem Bell Telephone - 345 E Wantage Street
• New Jerusalem Cab Company - 433 N Peabody Avenue
• New Jerusalem Courthouse - 666 N Peabody Avenue
• New Jerusalem Edison - 470 Boggs Street
• New Jerusalem Employment Office - 402 E Wantage Street
• New Jerusalem First Bank - 150 E Hyde Street
• New Jerusalem Janitorial Service - 568 Boggs Street
• New Jerusalem Natural Gas Company - 235 Wantage Street
• New Jerusalem Police Station - 302 E Wantage Street
• New Jerusalem Public Library - 630 Boggs Street
• New Jerusalem Sanitarium - 225 E Derby Street
• New Jerusalem Town Hall - 551 N Peabody Avenue
• New Jerusalem Trolleys - 404 E Wantage Street
• New Row Apartments - 406 Fish Row
• Northside Market - 467 Boggs Street
• Olde Jerusalem Package Store - 402 Fish Row
• One Hour Shoe Repair - 418 Fish Row
• Park and Lock Parking Centre - 401 Fish Row
• Penny Arcade - NE Corner of High Lane and Garrison
• Phillips 66 Station - NW Corner of High Lane and Peabody
• Pin Liou Tattoos - 421 Fish Row
• Railroad Properties - Downtown
• Rotary Club - 650 N Garrison Street
• Salety's Market - 411 Fish Row
• Sethwich Bus - 705 Dyer Street
• Sheehan Contractor Supply - 411 Fish Row
• Slaughter House - 400 E Water Street
• The Har-De-Har Joke Shop - 404 Fish Row
• The Henderson Home - 407 Fish Row
• The Sunset Cabaret - 419 Fish Row
• U.S. Post Office - 487 N Peabody Avenue
• Wickman Funeral Home - 650 Boggs Street

Characters in Location

• Angela Corinne Henderson
• Claire Henderson
• George Henderson
• Ginger Thomas Miggs
• Jacqueline Brigitte Henderson
• James Henderson
• Veronica Evangeline Henderson