Ames Gate Lodge
Easton, United States
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Built in 1880–1881 for Frederick Lothrop Ames as the northern entrance to his Langwater estate in North Easton, Massachusetts, the Ames Gate Lodge is a monumental work of Richardsonian Romanesque designed by Henry Hobson Richardson in collaboration with landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted. The building forms a long, low mass of cyclopean rubble—massive rounded boulders trimmed in Longmeadow brownstone—anchored by a dominating semicircular arch through which the estate road passes. The blocky two-story lodge proper, which originally housed the estate gardener and guest rooms, stands west of the arch, while a low wing with a circular bay extends across it for plant storage. The restrained northern facade contrasts sharply with the southern side, which features bold projections, a large porch adorned with carvings by Augustus Saint-Gaudens, and a prominent hipped roof with reddish tiles and distinctive eyelid dormers—a roof that impressed even Frank Lloyd Wright. The lodge remains privately owned and was protected by a preservation easement from Historic New England in 2013.
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- Easton, United States
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