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Submitted to: South Bend Tribune Editor <br />August 11, 1988 <br />Submitted by: <br />Lynette Jentoft-Nilsen, Director <br />Historic Preservation Commission <br />of So. Send and St. Joseph County <br />11th Floor, County/City Building <br />South Bend, IN 46601 <br />"On Preserving Historic Claptrap" <br />In response to the August Sth editorial titled "Saving <br />Claptrap", I would like the opportunity to clarify several <br />misconceptions about historic preservation and the <br />procedures of the Historic Preservation Commission (HPC). <br />A misconception evident in Mondays editorial is that only <br />"architectural gems" should be saved, and only <br />"architectural gems" meet the National Register and Local <br />Landmark standards. The National Register is the official <br />list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects <br />throughout the country that are at least fifty years old and <br />considered to be of local, state or national significance in <br />history, architecture, archaeology, or culture. Locally <br />designated landmarks must go through an evaluation process, <br />be recommmended by the Historic Preservation Commission, and <br />then are approved by the Common Council by ordinance. The <br />Central High School complex was designated a local landmark <br />in 1982 and was listed on the National Register in 1985. <br />