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City launches historic-elements survey to document plaques, statuary and monuments
Summary
Public Works Director Lynn Merrill described a volunteer-driven survey to photograph and geocode nonbuilding historic elements (plaques, monuments, statuary) and link them to the city's GIS; fieldwork has documented several parks and will be shared with the commission in late spring or early summer.
City Public Works Director Lynn Merrill told the Arts & Historical Commission that staff and Historical Society volunteers have begun a Historic Elements Survey to identify and record nonbuilding artifacts — plaques, small monuments, statuary and other elements that contribute to San Bernardino’s sense of place.
Merrill said the survey grew from a 2023 cleanup at Perris Hill Park, where damaged elements associated with the Camp Cajon site prompted concern from local historians. The project uses trained volunteers…
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