Thank you for your interest in Ames Privilege. Here you will find contemporary apartments and uniquely designed commercial space in a truly historic setting. With a community room as well as an exercise room with a sauna, we are conveniently located and reasonably priced, Ames Privilege is one of the Pioneer Valley's best apartment communities. The Ames Manufacturing Co., also known as the Ames Sword Co., produced Civil War swords and cannons. In 1853, it began doing bronze casting. The statue of Ben Franklin in front of Boston City Hall was the first cast at Ames. Others of note are the Minuteman Statue in Concord and the capital doors in Washington, DC.