Amherst Central Business District (Boundary Increase)

Lord Jeffery Inn, at 30 Boltwood Avenue in Amherst, is a Colonial Revival hotel of red brick under a black slate roof. It faces the Amherst Common and steps down Spring Street in four blocks that read as separate but attached buildings. Details include Classical entry porches, a Palladian window, a denticulated cornice, dormers and iron balconies. Amherst College alumni drove the creation of the inn, which opened on June 3, 1926, after construction began in 1925 at a cost of about $378,790. Caper Ranger Construction Company of Holyoke served as general contractor, and L. G. Treadway was the first manager. The inn offered private dining rooms for class dinners and a large dining room that could be enlarged for Commencement. Local residents and tourists were also expected to use it. Later changes, such as enclosed porches and galleries, did not appreciably alter the original design. It is included as a boundary increase to the Amherst Central Business District.