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Originally published in 1939
Some of this information may no longer be current and in that case is presented for historical interest only.
Edited by GET NJ, COPYRIGHT 2003
YELLOW FRAME, 28.3 miles (889 alt.), consists of a church, a parsonage, and an old cemetery, crowning a hill with a fine view of the landscape in all directions. YELLOW FRAME PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (L), on
the highest ground of any church in "New Jersey, faces Dark Moon Rd.,
named for a long-vanished and once notorious tavern. The present church,
like its predecessor of 1786 that gave a name to the district, is of frame
construction, painted yellow with white trim. It has an open bell tower
with a balcony, but none of the beauty that sprang from the fine lines of
the early church. One member of the congregation explains that the old
building was replaced in 1904 because of a gift of $1,000 toward construction of "a new-fangled church." So solidly was the 1786 edifice built
that it was necessary to blast the old timbers apart. Still earlier, a log
church stood on the hilltop, serving as a refuge against Indian raids. Former members of Yellow Frame Church, now living in various States, have
formed a society to aid in the structure's maintenance. The society joins
the congregation on the last Sunday in June each year for services in the
morning and a midday dinner. In the old CEMETERY across Dark Moon
Rd., are buried a number of Revolutionary soldiers, including Brig. Gen.
Aaron Hankinson. Old tombstones bear verses warning the reader to "prepare for death," advice that seems out of keeping with the living beauty
of green cornfields on the surrounding hillsides and sheep grazing in a
pasture close by.
At 29.3 miles is the junction (L) with a macadam road.
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