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Show scon M MATHESON GOVERNOR December 11, 1980 Washington County School Board 193 West Tabernacle St. George, utah 84770 Division of State History (UTAH STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY) STATE OF UTAH DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MELVIN T. SMITH. DIRECTOR 307 WEST 2ND SOUTH SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH 84101 TELEPHONE 801 1533-5755 Dear School Board: It is my distinct pleasure to inform you that on November 23, 1980 the Washington School and WOodward School nominated by the Historic and Cultural Sites Review Committee and the Gtah State Historic Preservation Officer, was officially listed on the National Register of Historic Places by the Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service and Mr. Jerry Rogers, Acting Keeper of the National Register. Your historic site is now eligible for funding under the Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service program. '!his funding is in the form of fifty-fifty matching grants. Applications are accepted each year in January or February. If you would like an application form or more information about our grants progra~, please write to the Preservation Office of the Utah State Historical Society at the address above or call 533-6017. We would like to send you an 11" x 11" parchment certificate with the gold seal of Utah. It contains the name of the site, the nature of its significance, the date of listing, and the signatures of Governor Matheson, Milton Abrams, Chairman of the Historic and Cultural Sites Review Committee, and Melvin T. Smith, Director of the Utah State Historical Society and Utah's State Historic Preservation Officer. There is no charge. If you would like the certificate, please let us knmv by mail or call 533-6017. Our congratulations on the honor given you and the State of Utah. Sincerely, Melvin T. Smith Director and State Historic Preservation Officer AKP:br State History B03rd. Delio G. Dayton Milton C Abrams. Chairman • Theron H. Luke • Ted J. Warner • Elizabeth Montague • Thomas G. Alexander • Wayne K. Hinton • Helen Z Papanikolas • David S Monson • Elizabeth Griffith • William D. Owens |
