Ames Academy Building is a historic

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building located at

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. 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

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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. ''Note:'' This includes an
''Accompanying three photographs''
/ref> It was added to the

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in 2002.

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School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) School buildings completed in 1835 Museums in Montgomery County, New York History museums in New York (state) National Register of Historic Places in Montgomery County, New York {{NewYork-museum-stub