CFR1231

View Application: 
Original Owner: 
Yasukichi Iwasaki
Year of Property Acquisition: 
1917
Award Type: 
Century Farm
Donation land claim: 
No
Homestead: 
No
Other: 
No
County: 
Washington
Name of farm or ranch: 
Iwasaki Bros. Inc.
Address physical location: 
2555 SE Minter Bridge Rd. Hillsboro OR 97123
GPS location: 
Lat 45.5009261 Lon 122.96514580000001
Distance from nearest town: 
1 mile
Nearest town name: 
Hillsboro OR
Who farms or ranches today: 
Iwasaki Bros. Inc. Jim Iwasaki
Original buildings still in use: 
No
Building structures on property with date of construction: 
Not known when first home built it was prior to 1900. New home in 1941 remodled in 1958; first glass greenhouse in 1928; Periodic greenhouses up until 1916 were added. Machine shop in 1951; warehouse in 1982; transplant house in 1978
Crops or livestock historically raised on property: 
Dairy into the late 1920's; 1928 first glass greenhouse was built for greenhouse and bedding plants; early 1930's added tomatoes, cucumbers, asparagus, corn and strawberries; 1940's Brough addition of blackberries, boysenberries, broccoli and cauliflower.
Crops or livestock currently raised on property: 
Bedding plants and beef cattle
National register property: 
No
Contact first name: 
Jim (James)
Date of application: 
2017-05-01 00:00:00
Date of award: 
2017
Please describe attachments: 
CD of images; family narrative; Japanese Americans book excerpt
Genealogical information included: 
Yes
Application on file: 
Yes
Application location: 
OSU
Applicants relationship to original owners: 
Grandson
Origin of original owners: 
Japan
Ethnic origin of original owners: 
Japanese
How many generations still live on the farm or ranch: 
1
Original Acreage: 
46.6acres
Current Acreage: 
47.6
Acreage farmed or ranched today: 
45.55