AMHERST — Bought almost 22 years ago by Amherst College, the Arthur H. Dakin Estate, an unoccupied 14-room Georgian Colonial home with an attached garage at 355 South Pleasant St., could soon be demolished.

Both that former residence, built in 1830, and a second long-vacant 19th century home at 70 Northampton Road, also owned by Amherst College, will be subject to Historical Commission virtual demolition-delay hearings Monday at 7 p.m. The commission can authorize the demolitions immediately, impose yearlong demolition delays or suggest other ways of moving forward.

In both cases, the college is proposing no immediate reuse for the sites, but to take down both homes and then use “structural backfill to allow for development at a future date,” according to the applications.

“Both of those buildings have been unoccupied/unused for many years, and are being removed because they are safety hazards,” college spokeswoman Caroline Hanna wrote in an email. “We do not have immediate plans for either site.”

The older of the homes is on the Dakin property. That residence has eight bedrooms and 4½ bathrooms, with an attached barn and garage, situated on a 36.9-acre site. The property is just north of the Amherst Golf Club and surrounded by many Amherst College-owned properties off Snell Street. The parcel is long and narrow, extending west toward the Hadley town line.

“The property is in deep disrepair with portions that are safety hazard for potential partial collapse,” the college’s application reads. “At the request of the building commissioner, the property was recently partially fenced, and has been a source of vandalism and intrusion.”

The applications notes that a green barn, not structurally compromised, will remain intact.

Arhur Dakin died in 2001, leaving no immediate family. The college then acquired the property from his estate for $4.3 million two years later by outbidding several others interested in privately developing the property for housing. The estate had enough land to be turned into 30 single-family house lots or 50 clustered condominiums assessed.

Then College President Anthony Marx explained that the college wanted to prevent a subdivision in proximity to the campus. Currently assessed at just over $1 million, the property, largely not visible from the street, has been deemed by college officials as too far away from the rest of the campus to be used for administrative or academic offices, or dormitories.

More visible from the public way is the 1880 house and detached garage at 70 Northampton Road.

Known as either the Blair, Lewis and Florence House or the Obed F. Smith House, the Victorian Eclectic-style home is assessed at $454,900.

“The college hasn’t used this property in 15 to 20 years and it’s falling into disrepair with frequent animal entry and occasional vandalism,” the application for demolition reads.

Scott Merzbach can be reached at smerzbach@gazettenet.com.