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From:Skylar Whited <br />To:Chris Dressel <br />Cc:Kristie Erickson; Brian Harding; Hillary Horvath <br />Subject:History Museum- Historical Marker <br />Date:Tuesday, November 7, 2023 9:50:40 AM <br />Attachments:Outlook-jmmrwkmg.png <br />Hi Chris, <br />My name is Skylar Whited and I am the Curator of Copshaholm at The History Museum. We <br />have been in contact with Hillary Horvath about completing the encroachment application in <br />order to have permission to install a historical marker for Copshaholm on Chapin and <br />Washington. The marker is coming from the Indiana Historical Bureau and it will be two sided <br />with text about J.D. Oliver and his family home. I've included the text below. Please let me <br />know if you have any questions. <br />Thank you, <br />Skylar <br />Side 1 <br />South Bend industrialist Joseph D. Oliver worked alongside his father, James, inventor of the <br />Oliver Chilled Plow, to grow their plow business into one of the largest in the world in the late <br />1800s. The plow’s design and durability allowed farmers to cut through soil more easily. J.D. <br />expanded the company internationally as president of the Oliver Chilled Plow Works. <br />Side 2 <br />J.D. Oliver built this home for his family in the 1890s, naming it Copshaholm for his father’s <br />Scottish birthplace. The Olivers were integral to South Bend’s early infrastructure and <br />economic growth, funding an opera house, hotel, playground, and public improvements, such <br />as housing for their expanding workforce. J.D. was active in the family business until his death <br /><!--[if !vml]--> <br /><!--[endif]--> <br /> Skylar Whited <br /> Curator of Copshaholm <br /> The History Museum <br /> 808 West Washington Street <br /> South Bend, IN 46601 <br /> 574-235-9664 x254 <br /> historymuseumsb.org <br /> <br />