St. Columba's School is a historic

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building located at

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. It was built in 1923, and is a three-story, reddish-brown brick building in the

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style. It features white Indiana

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amortizements, pinnacles, and a crenellated

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. The school closed in 1974, and since 1976 the building has housed the local

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. ''Note:'' This includes an
''Accompanying photographs''
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in 2015.

References

School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Collegiate Gothic architecture in New York (state) School buildings completed in 1923 Schools in Schenectady County, New York National Register of Historic Places in Schenectady County, New York 1923 establishments in New York (state) {{SchenectadyCountyNY-NRHP-stub