Ames School

Ames School opened in 1873 in Old North St. Louis and takes its name from Henry Ames (1818-1852). The St. Louis Board of Public Schools recorded its construction in 1873 in the annual-report dimensions tables. It stands on Hebert Street near Thirteenth and has operated continuously as a St. Louis public school, today as Ames Visual and Performing Arts Elementary School. A June 1937 photograph held by the Missouri History Museum shows the school as two adjoining buildings — an original block at the corner and a larger building beside it; of the two, the corner building survives.