The village, although it was defined for many years by the (mainly wood-frame) mills, no longer has any industrial buildings, as they were demolished or destroyed by fire.

[1] Cushman Village is located in northeastern Amherst, in an area where the plains of the Connecticut River to the west give way to hillier terrain.

The Mill River runs roughly westward in this area to the north of the village, before turning south and eventually emptying into the Connecticut.

The arrival of the railroad and the establishment of a depot (no longer extant), helped give a center to the growing village.

Much of it was in relatively conservative architectural styles, with a large amount of Greek Revival construction persisting into the 1880s, even while modest versions of Italianate, Second Empire, and Queen Anne Victorians were also being built.