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  early churches of New Jersey

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First Methodist Episcopal Church of Drakestown
Washington Township, Morris County

The congregation was organized in 1811 and built this small frame building in 1855, or 1875, for a cost of $2,000. The record is conflicting. The steeple and bellfry were added later.