Ames Monument
National Register of Historic Places

Ames Monument

Sherman, Albany County, Wyoming
Listed
July 23, 1972
Type
Structure
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
72001296

About this property

The Ames Monument is a large pyramid in Albany County, Wyoming, designed by Henry Hobson Richardson and dedicated to brothers Oakes Ames and Oliver Ames Jr., Union Pacific Railroad financiers. It marked the highest point on the first transcontinental railroad, at 8,247 feet (2,514 m). Richardson designed the monument midway into his career. His work was largely unknown to the public until around 1870, when he helped design Trinity Church and the Buffalo State Asylum for the Insane. The town of Sherman rose up around it, but then Union Pacific moved its tracks to the south, leaving Sherman to become a ghost town. Oliver served as president of the Union Pacific Railroad from 1866 to 1871, while Oakes, a U.S. representative from Massachusetts, asserted near-total control of its construction. In 1873, investigators implicated Oakes in fraud associated with financing of the railroad. Congress subsequently censured Oakes, who resigned in 1873 and died soon thereafter.

Location

Sherman, Albany County, Wyoming
41.13131, -105.39810

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Sources

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When was Ames Monument listed on the National Register?

Ames Monument was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 23, 1972.

What type of historic resource is Ames Monument?

Ames Monument is classified as a structure in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Ames Monument?

The period of significance for Ames Monument is recorded as the industrial era.

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