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Atkinson Log House


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Atkinson Log House This building houses the two-story Atkinson Log House, constructed in 1858 on Clark's Creek near Large Spring near Latimer, and moved to this site in 1996. It is one of the two oldest wooden structures known to remain in Morris County.

The Log house was built by Stephen Atkinson, his father, Cornelius, and his brother, James. They were the first settlers on Upper Clark's Creek.


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Atkinson Log House

This building houses the two-story Atkinson Log House, constructed in 1858 on Clark's Creek near Large Spring near Latimer, and moved to this site in 1996. It is one of the two oldest wooden structures known to remain in Morris County.

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