Ames Academy Building
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Ames Academy Building, May 2010
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Location | 611 Latimer Hill Rd., Ames, New York |
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Coordinates | 42°50′13″N 74°36′0″W / 42.83694°N 74.60000°WCoordinates: 42°50′13″N 74°36′0″W / 42.83694°N 74.60000°W |
Area | 2.2 acres (0.89 ha) |
Built | 1835 |
Architectural style | Federal |
NRHP Reference # | 01001496 |
Added to NRHP | January 24, 2002 |
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 dickss 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.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.