Tucked away behind the Ames Free Library in Easton, Massachusetts, you will find one of the most stately examples of Gothic Revival architecture in New England. The house is known as Queset Lodge, and it was completed in 1854 for Oakes Angier Ames, of the wealthy Ames Family. Oakes Ames was an owner of the Ames Shovel Works nearby, which made the family multi-millionaires and have the ability to generously gift buildings to their hometown. The original picturesque Gothic Cottage was built in a style that had been advocated by Andrew Jackson Downing in his publication, The Architecture of Country Houses (1850). In 1873, Oakes Ames hired his family member, John Ames Mitchell, to design the rear addition, effectively doubling the size of the stone mansion. Mitchell also added the copper-clad chimneys and hired landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted, to design the grounds and gardens. After his death in 1899, the home was occupied by his son, famous theatrical producer Winthrop Ames, and his wife. The family would eventually gift the property to the Town of Easton, which is today used as an extension of the Public Library!
That place is haunted, especially the 3rd floor.
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