Edwin Gardner Ames 1856 - 1935

Edwin Gardner Ames

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Edwin Ames 1906 Seattle home Built in 1906 by Mr. & Edwin Gardner Ames and her parents From Where the Washingtonians Lived, copyright 1969, text by Lucile McDonald, pg 171. "Presidents of the University of Washington have their official residence in Hillcrest, the mansion at 808 36th Avenue E., Seattle, built in 1906 by Mr. & Mrs. Edwin Gardner Ames and her parents, . . . The Ames had no children, so made the University their beneficiary and offered the house as residence for the president." Photo of Ames home from Stafford-Ames Morse