West Hill School is a historic school

School

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 building located at Canajoharie

Canajoharie, New York

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, Montgomery County, New York

Montgomery County, New York

As of the census of 2000, there were 49,708 people, 20,038 households, and 13,104 families residing in the county. The population density was 123 people per square mile . There were 22,522 housing units at an average density of 56 per square mile...

. It was designed by prominent local architect Archimedes Russell

Archimedes Russell

Archimedes Russell was an American architect most active in the Syracuse, New York area.Born in Andover, Massachusetts and trained under local architect Horatio Nelson White, Russell served as a professor of architecture at Syracuse University from 1873 through 1881.In the course of his career he...

 (1890-1915) and built 1891-1893. It is a -story, stone masonry institutional building. It features a stone tower with open belfry

Bell tower

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 containing the original school bell. It continued in educational use for over 100 years.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

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in 2002.