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Ames Building

first skyscraper in Boston, Massachusetts
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Summary

Ames Building is a skyscraper[1]. It draws 194 Wikipedia views per month (skyscraper category, ranking #260 of 1,933).[2]

Key Facts

  • Member of: Historic Hotels of America[3], Historic Hotels Worldwide[4]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Boston[5]
  • Country: United States[6]
  • Architect: Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge[7]
  • Owned by: Suffolk University[8]
  • Named after: Ames family[9]
  • Architectural style: Richardsonian Romanesque[10], Renaissance Revival architecture[11], Romanesque Revival architecture[12]
  • Commons category: Ames Building (Boston, Massachusetts)[13]
  • Inception: 1889[14]
  • Floors above ground: 13[15]
  • Heritage designation: National Register of Historic Places listed place[16], Boston Landmark[17]
  • Date of official opening: 1893[18]
  • Different from: Ames Building[19]
  • Height: 57.3 m[20]
  • Street address: 1 Court Street, Boston[21]

Related Entities

United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . National Register of Historic Places. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] ↑ . Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] ↑ . Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . National Register of Historic Places. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . National Register of Historic Places. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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  1. 10d ago · Hofoen · 2026-10-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Street address → {'lang': 'en', 'text': '1 Court Street, Boston'}
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 42.3589986024542, 'lon': -71.05802276221779}
    Architectural style → Richardsonian Romanesque, Renaissance Revival architecture, Romanesque Revival architecture
    Wikipedia languages → ['arz', 'commons', 'en', 'es', 'he']
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetreference-add:2| */ Located in the administrative territorial entity: Boston, Adding a reference."
  2. 5w ago · IdeasMagnet · 2026-09-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Openstreetmap way id → 405520324
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Openstreetmap way id: 405520324, Adding OSM way id claim from wikidata tag on way/405520324 in United States"
  3. 24w ago · Ikan · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Member of → —
    Floors above ground → {'amount': '+13'}
    Architect → Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge
    Inception → —
    + 20 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Wolfram language entity code: Entity["Building", "AmesBuilding::xpn2t"], [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/257096|batch #257096]]"
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