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SOUTH BEND & SAINT JOSEPH COUNTY <br />HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION <br />235-9798 <br />MEMORANDUM <br />Tuesday, September 09, 2003 <br />TO: Landmark Committee Members <br />John Oxian, Chairperson <br />Virginia O'Hair <br />Cc: HPC Commission Members <br />FROM: Julie L. Schutte, Assistant Director <br />RE: Pertinent Information for Landmark Committee & US 31 Project <br />As you are aware, in mid August, InDOT discarded several of the proposed realignments from' the <br />study phase of the US 31 Project from US 6 near Plymouth to US 20 south of South Bend. As a result, a <br />significant number of historic places are safe from this road -building project. These include the Sumption <br />Trail concentration, the Crofoot farms, and others located in eastern Madison and Penn Townships. <br />InDOT, Bemadin Lockinueller & Associates, and Weintraut & Associates will continue to study routes C, <br />E, F, and G. Many significant residences, farmhouses, barns, farm structures, and historic properties are <br />located within the 300' to 400' proposed roadway and within a 2000' impact zone. <br />The possible impact upon historic structures includes several local landmarks of great historic <br />importance to the county. Some landmarks like the Ullery/Farneman Farmhouse at 61191 US 31 fall <br />within the direct path of one of the possible roadways and others like the District Two Schoolhouse at <br />65014 US 31 fall within the 2,000' study area. (The bounds of the study area can be found on the map <br />included with the Section 106 material provided by Weintraut & Ass). The placement of interchanges <br />and access ramps could potentially cause great harm to local landmarks and those structures and <br />properties eligible for the National Register. InDOT has yet to determine the exact path of the roadway <br />and the location of the access ramps but will do so after the routes are pared down to one within the next <br />few months. The local landmarks listed below are located within the revised impact area: <br />1.) Emil Johnson House -- 60717 Locust Road <br />2.) Fanderbosch Farmhouse & Barn — 61955 Locust Road <br />3.) UllerylFarneman Farmhouse — 61191 US 31 <br />4.) George Schafer Farmhouse & barn — 62290 Miami Trail <br />5.) Otto Zeiger Farmhouse & Barn 19251 Roosevelt Road <br />6.) Forest Hay Farmhouse & Barn 19109 Johnson Road <br />7.) Francis Donaghue Farm — 63049 Turkey Trail <br />8.) Union Twp, Dst. 2 Schooll Country Bakeshop — 65014 US 31 <br />