Ames Academy Building

	Ames Academy Building
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Ames Academy Building, May 2010
Location	611 Latimer Hill Rd., Ames, New York
Coordinates	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 No.	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 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.^[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ Raymond W. Smith (September 2001). National Register of Historic Places Registration: New York SP Ames Academy Building. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved November 8, 2025. (Downloading may be slow.)

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.

[nrhpdoc-2] Raymond W. Smith (September 2001). National Register of Historic Places Registration: New York SP Ames Academy Building. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved November 8, 2025. (Downloading may be slow.)

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