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1956/07/11: Sterling Morton to Clarence E. Godshalk

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July 11 1956
Letter from Sterling Morton to Clarence E. Godshalk. Mrs. Zurcher, Mr. Fisher and Morton selected 7 houses to build, plus a few extras. Building is slow now, and perhaps they can get "some efficient operator" to build them to provide much needed facilities for staff. He asked Fisher about the Jaffrey house, with the idea that the second floor be removed to make it a "large commodious single family house in a commanding position in the operating center of the Arboretum."  If the highway cloverleaf requires the removal of the two south houses, there will be a greater need for another house in this location. Mr. Fisher has heard that the highway department will pay up to $1/per yard for "good accessible fill". This might help pay for the underpass.  He is pleased to get back to a house [Santa Barbara] where everything is in working order. Lake Forest has problems. He won't bother Godshalk with plantings for Lake Forest, but would like some of the crabapples, yews and thorns for someone else to oversee. 
Correspondence
Arboretum Residential Housing
Godshalk, Clarence E. (received by)
Davidson, Suzette Morton (is related to)
Howard T. Fisher & John D. Randall Associates, Inc. (is related to)
Baker Jr., Edward H. (is related to)
The Morton Arboretum Records
Sterling Morton, 1956
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