Ames Academy Building Explained

Ames Academy Building
Location:611 Latimer Hill Rd., Ames, New York
Coordinates:42.8369°N -74.6°W
Built:1835
Architecture:Federal
Added:January 24, 2002
Refnum:01001496

Ames Academy Building is a historic school building located at Ames, Montgomery County, New York. It was built in 1835 and is a two-story, rectangular, gable roofed, stone masonry building five bays long and two bays wide. The walls are constructed of cut limestone blocks. The Ames Academy received a charter from the New York State Board of Regents on February 5, 1839. It was used as a school until 1959. Since 1987 it has housed a local history museum.[1]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS) . http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20190404141934/https://cris.parks.ny.gov/ . dead . 2019-04-04 . . Searchable database . 2016-05-01 . Note: This includes Web site: National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Ames Academy Building . 2016-05-01 . Raymond W. Smith . PDF . September 2001 . and Accompanying three photographs