CFR1219
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Original Owner:
Cappoen, Theophile
Year of Property Acquisition:
1915
Award Type:
Century Farm
Donation land claim:
No
Homestead:
No
Other:
Yes
Please explain:
Sales Deed record
Legal description for the farm or ranch headquarters:
T1N R3W S33
County:
Washington
Name of farm or ranch:
Taghon Farm
Address physical location:
1645 NW Cornelius-Schefflin Rd. Cornelius OR 97113
Distance from nearest town:
.85 miles
Nearest town name:
Cornelius
Who farms or ranches today:
Finegan, Joseph; Finegan, Jennifer
Original buildings still in use:
Yes
Building structures on property with date of construction:
First house built in 1915 and is still in use today; it was improved over the years, 1948 a back porch was added, 1950 a front porch and finally in 1955 a indoor bathroom. Hog barn still in use today as a storage barn for wood, machine shed is still in use today, stores tractors/machinery; in 1946 this shed was increased in size. There was a brooder house that was used to raise baby chicks, it no longer stands. There were 2 large barns that housed the livestock, one remains today. There was a smoke house that no longer stands that was used to cure pork. A woodshed directly behind the house is used today for wood storage. The hen house is still standing but not used; it was once a slaughter house owned by someone else and was moved to the property in 1920.
Crops or livestock historically raised on property:
Barley; Hay; Oats; Peas; Potatoes; Pumpkins; Wheat; Chickens; Dairy cattle; Eggs; Horses
National register property:
No
Contact first name:
N/A
Date of application:
2015-04-14 00:00:00
Date of award:
2015
Genealogical information included:
Yes
Application on file:
Yes
Application location:
MSS ORCFRP
Applicants relationship to original owners:
great great grandson
Origin of original owners:
Minnesota
Ethnic origin of original owners:
Belgium
How many generations still live on the farm or ranch:
2
Original Acreage:
40.0acres
Current Acreage:
72.6
Acreage farmed or ranched today:
55