ASHLAND (AP) — A tree that stood on the downtown plaza in Ashland for more than a century is now standing at a city agency, as a table.

The Ashland Parks Department decided the ancient tree had grown so frail it had to come down. But a local woodworker was able to salvage some of it and make into a table for the Ashland Community Development Department.

The tree belonged to a species native to China, and is popularly known as the “tree of heaven.” It typically lives only about 30 to 50 years, according to a U.S. Forest Service website.

The tree survived with bullets, bolts and other foreign objects embedded in it over the years.