The Ames Monument is a pyramid in Albany County, Wyoming, designed by Henry Hobson Richardson. The monument was constructed from 1880 to 1882 and was dedicated to the brothers Oakes Ames and Oliver Ames, Jr., two financiers of the Union Pacific Railroad. The monument marked the highest point on the First Transcontinental Railroad, at 8,247 feet. The monument is a four-sided pyramid constructed from ashlar stones made of light-colored native granite. The pyramid has a 60 feet square base and stands 60 feet high. The pyramid also features an interior passage that has now been sealed. On the east and west sides of the pyramid, there are sculptors of the brothers close to the top. The top quickly finishes in a shallower pyramid shape. Through his design, Richarson created a modern monument that looks as if it could have been from time antiquity. It is a fitting monument to be dedicated to the roughness and willpower that was required to build the Transcontinental railroad.