NPS Form 10-900-a (Rev. 8/2002)
OMB No. 1024-0018
(Expires 5-31-2012)
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service
Stanhope United Methodist Church a/k/a “Church in the Glen” Morris County, New Jersey
National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number
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