Ames Academy Building is a historic school

School

A school is an institution designed for the teaching of students under the direction of teachers. Most countries have systems of formal education, which is commonly compulsory. In these systems, students progress through a series of schools...

 building located at Ames

Ames, New York

Ames is a village in Montgomery County, New York, United States. The population was 173 at the 2000 census.The Village of Ames is in the south-central part of the Town of Canajoharie and is south of the Village of Canajoharie....

, Montgomery County, New York

Montgomery County, New York

As of the census of 2000, there were 49,708 people, 20,038 households, and 13,104 families residing in the county. The population density was 123 people per square mile . There were 22,522 housing units at an average density of 56 per square mile...

. 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

Limestone

Limestone is a sedimentary rock composed largely of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different crystal forms of calcium carbonate . Many limestones are composed from skeletal fragments of marine organisms such as coral or foraminifera....

 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

National Register of Historic Places

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in 2002.