SFR0020

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Original Owner: 
Chambers, Mathew
Year of Property Acquisition: 
1847
Award Type: 
Sesquicentennial Farm
Donation land claim: 
Yes
Homestead: 
No
Other: 
No
Legal description for the farm or ranch headquarters: 
T 10S, R 3W, S 35
County: 
Linn
Name of farm or ranch: 
Chambers Farm
Address physical location: 
36914 Scravel Rd. NE Albany, OR 97322
Distance from nearest town: 
3 miles
Nearest town name: 
Albany
Who farms or ranches today: 
Chrisman, Kenneth R.
Original buildings still in use: 
Yes
Building structures on property with date of construction: 
Fully restored barn used 1860-70 now used loafing shed for feeder cattle.
Crops or livestock historically raised on property: 
Cheatgrass; Hops; Oats; Orchard; Wheat; Cattle; Chickens; Horses
Crops or livestock currently raised on property: 
Hay; Ryegrass; Cattle
National register property: 
Yes
National register name: 
Barn (c. 1860, c 1890) NRIS 96001044
Contact first name: 
Kenneth R.
Date of application: 
2010-05-18 00:00:00
Date of award: 
2010
Please describe attachments: 
Application; Statement of affirmation; Letters with family history; Emails from Oregon Century Farm and Ranch Program; Original century farm application; Farm history; Copies of photographs; Excerpt from "Portrait and Biographical Record of the Willamette Valley, Oregon"; Letters from State Historic Preservation Office; National Register of Historic Places registration form; Maps of property; Oregon Century Farm award certificate; Excerpt from "Linn County, Oregon Pioneer Settlers"
Genealogical information included: 
Yes
Application on file: 
Yes
Application location: 
MSS ORCFRP
Applicants relationship to original owners: 
Great grandson
Origin of original owners: 
Bridgeport, Vermont
How many generations still live on the farm or ranch: 
1
Original Acreage: 
640.0acres
Current Acreage: 
98.0
Acreage farmed or ranched today: 
95