[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 136 (Monday, July 15, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36892-36894]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-17888]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service


Establishment of the James A. Garfield National Historic Site

PURPOSE: The purpose of this notice is to announce the formal 
establishment of the James A. Garfield National Historic Site, 
effective on the date of publication of this notice.

SUMMARY: Public Law 96-607 (94 Stat. 3545, 16 U.S.C. 461 note), dated 
December 28, 1980, authorized the Secretary of the Interior to 
establish the James A. Garfield National Historic Site in Mentor, Ohio, 
as a unit of the National Park System. This park was authorized in 
order to preserve for the benefit, education, and inspiration of 
present and future generations certain historically significant 
properties associated with the life of James A. Garfield, the 20th 
President of the United States.
    Public Law 96-607 provided that the Secretary of the Interior may 
acquire by donation, purchase with donated or appropriated funds, or 
exchange, the lands and buildings thereon known as ``Lawnfield'' at 
8059 Mentor Avenue, Mentor, Ohio. Further, upon completion of land 
acquisition, the Secretary of the Interior may establish the park area 
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publishing a notice and boundary map of the site in the Federal 
Register. The National Park Service has acquired all land at the site 
encompassing the land and estate as described in detail on Corporate 
Warranty Deed No. 758227 and on Gratuitous Deed No. 901717. These deeds 
are on file in the Records of Lake County, Ohio. Copies of these deeds 
may be obtained by writing the Superintendent at the address listed 
below.

BOUNDARY MAP: The map described in Public Law 96-607 bears a National 
Park Service drawing number of 487/80,007 and is dated June 10, 1996. 
The map is on file in the office of the Department of the Interior, 
National Park Service, Washington, DC.; the office at the National Park 
Service, Midwest Field Area, 1709 Jackson Street, Omaha, Nebraska 
68102; and the office of the Superintendent, Cuyahoga Valley.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Debo, Superintendent, Cuyahoga 
Valley National Recreation Area, 15610 Vaughn Road, Brecksville, Ohio 
44141; or telephone 216-650-4636.

    Dated: June 10, 1996.
David N. Given,
Acting Field Director, Midwest Field Area.

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