Voorhees Hill Schools

The community called Voorhees Hill comprises the greater part of what became known for many years as Rural School District # 7 Joint Andover & Wellsville, about evenly divided between the two towns. It is traversed by County Road # 30 (Trapping Brook Road) nearly paralleling Route 17 ( now 417).Since Robert and Augusta Higgins Voorhees, their family and his parents, Luke and Mary Voorhees are generally conceded to have been the first permanent settlers, the Hill was named in their honor.

More about the history of Voorhees Hill and Voorhees the Voorhees schools.

1930 Voorhees w-2 school buildings

The first frame schoolhouse in District # 7, as it was known until 1948, was built by Robert Voorhees. It was constructed of native lumber, with partially split…

1940 Voorhees Hill Schools

2006 Voorhees School Bldg on Williams Ave.jpg

Abram Slocum and son Ezra erected a new and larger schoolhouse in 1871-1875. When the land reverted back to the Adams Farm this building was moved to Williams…

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