CFR0040

View Application: 
Original Owner: 
Horning, Frederick August
Year of Property Acquisition: 
1850
Award Type: 
Century Farm
Donation land claim: 
No
Homestead: 
Yes
Other: 
No
County: 
Benton
Address physical location: 
36 Street & Philomath Blvd. (adjoining Corvallis)
Who farms or ranches today: 
Groves, William Frank
Original buildings still in use: 
No
Building structures on property with date of construction: 
House built c.1859. Benton Co.'s first wool carding mill was located on farm. Well.
Crops or livestock historically raised on property: 
Grain (wheat, oats, barley, corn), hay, cattle, sheep, swine, poultry, apples, prunes, pears.
Crops or livestock currently raised on property: 
Prunes, apples, walnuts, hay.
National register property: 
No
Contact first name: 
William
Date of application: 
1972-11-30 00:00:00
Date of award: 
1973
Please describe attachments: 
Obituary for Frederick August Horning. Section of newspaper article on Frank Groves. Letter of Guardianship appointing Fred P. Osborn as guardian for W. F. Groves. Application; Certification of ownership.
Genealogical information included: 
Yes
Application on file: 
Yes
Application location: 
Mss 1604
Applicants relationship to original owners: 
grandson
Origin of original owners: 
Prussia to Illinois to Kansas City, Missouri
How many generations still live on the farm or ranch: 
1
Notes and comments property: 
320 acres in original farm. 70 acres in present farm.
Original Acreage: 
0.0acres
Current Acreage: 
0.0
Acreage farmed or ranched today: 
0