BARTLETT — History is being made, again, at the former Heritage-New Hampshire building located next to Story Land on Route 16 in Glen.
Opened to celebrate New Hampshire history in the bicentennial year of 1976 and closed in 2006, Heritage has stood vacant for the past 12 years.
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