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South Bend and St. Joseph County <br />HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION <br />227 WEST JEFFERSON BLVD. <br />SOUTH BEND, IN 46601-1830 <br />Phone: 574-235-9798 Fax: 574-235-9578 <br />e-mail: historic@michiana.org <br />John H. Oxian, President A Certified Local Government Karen R. Hammond -Nash, Director <br />January 2003 Addendum to the August 31, 1993 Historic Tree Pilot Survev prepared <br />for the Historic Preservation Commission <br />The lists of Suggested Trees for tree lawns for most local historic districts may be expanded to <br />include the following: <br />*American Ash <br />*American Chestnut, if acceptable to the City Forester in the proposed location <br />*American Elm, disease resistant cultivars (for example, Pioneer Elms are available commer- <br />cially, and Liberty Elms are available through the Elm Research Center, the Purdue Extension <br />Service, Diane Mendelsohn @ 235-9602, or Boy Scout Troup 3324, Linda Chidalek @ (765) <br />523-2301). <br />Note Bene: The Historic Preservation Commission encourages the planting and restoration of <br />endangered native species, such as the American Elm and American Chestnut, in all places <br />where historic structures, views, or vistas are not damaged thereby, and where approved by the <br />City Forester as places where such a tree is likely to thrive. <br />*English Oak <br />*Red Oak <br />*Scarlet Oak <br />*White Oak <br />*Any other Oak native to this continent, and hardy in this climate <br />*London Plane Tree <br />*Sycamore, any variety hardy in this climate <br />I COMMISSIONERS <br />Mary Jane Chase Virginia O'Hair (Secretary) Gerald Ujdak (Vice President) <br />Martha Choitz Lynn A. Patrick Diane Wrobel-Illes <br />Catherine Hostetler (Treasurer) Joann Sporleder (Architectural Historian) Thomas Bodnar(Attomey) <br />