Frederick Lothrop Ames Jr.

Frederick Lothrop Ames Jr. (July 23, 1876 – June 19, 1921) was a Massachusetts financier and socialite.

The Ames' were fairly prominent in 19th century New England society, and had a major presence in small North Easton.

[2] In 1904, shortly after his marriage to Edith Cryder, Lothrop commissioned architects Douglas H. Thomas and J. Harleston Parker, later of the firm Parker, Thomas and Rice)[3] to design a mansion on the Easton-Brockton town line.

[4] The 50-room “Stone House Hill House” contained a gymnasium with glass-roofed indoor clay tennis court, marble swimming pool, squash court, garage, conservatory, barns and maintenance buildings.

[2] His funeral was held June 22 at the Unity Church of North Easton, which his family had attended for many years.

House servants at Stonehouse Hill estate in 1914
Stone House Hill House, now part of Stonehill College