Built in 1916, the North Easton Grammar School was a gift to the inhabitants of the town of Easton by three of the children of Frederick Lothrop Ames (1835-1893) and Rebecca Caroline Blair Ames, in memory of their parents. The gift to the town was made to alleviate overcrowding in the village’s existing schools and consolidate them in a handsome, modern school building. For the new school, the Ames heirs hired architects, Charles Munroe Baker and Stanley Brampton Parker, who formed an architectural office in the early 20th century. The two-and-a-half-story red brick school building is rectangular in plan and is capped by a hipped roof. Sited upon a rise on the town’s Main Street, its grandiose scale and design showcases the wealth and influence the Ames Family had on this small town. Eventually, the town schools consolidated into larger, Modern buildings and the former North Easton Grammar School was converted to professional offices.
