Mr. Bookhardt,
I am the grounds Supervisor for Columbus City Schools and I mentioned that we have a mature American Elm at one of our facilities. You asked me to send you some pictures with a little information.
The tree is at our Fort Hayes Career Center. Fort Hayes started as an arsenal in the mid 1860. It was an active military base through the Vietnam years. In the 1970's Columbus City Schools took control of the 50 acres and its buildings and created a career center. Sections of the site are currently being renovated and one new building has just been completed.
The American Elm is located near the "General House", which now serves as an administrative building. The tree is in relatively good condition and is approximately 39" DBH. We had another similar size tree on the campus that died suddenly 2-3 years ago. This is the only American Elm that I know of in our school system. Our system consist of 150 sites and approximately 1400 acres.
Sorry the winter pictures are not that good but I hope you find the information interesting.
Sincerely,
Frank Dengg
Landscape and Grounds Supervisor
Columbus City Schools
Frank, Thanks for the story and the pictures. I hope we can work together and get some more Princeton Elms into the mix there at the City Schools. Thanks Again!
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