CFR1140
View Application:
Original Owner:
Simms, Richard and Cora
Year of Property Acquisition:
1909
Award Type:
Century Farm
Donation land claim:
No
Homestead:
No
Other:
No
Legal description for the farm or ranch headquarters:
T 4S, R 3E, S 9
County:
Clackamas
Name of farm or ranch:
Simms Hoffman Farm
Address physical location:
20197 S. Butte Rd, Beavercreek, OR
GPS location:
45.23432 / 122.45166
Distance from nearest town:
10 miles
Nearest town name:
Molalla
Who farms or ranches today:
Hoffman, Robert J.; Hoffman, Steven
Original buildings still in use:
No
Building structures on property with date of construction:
Original farm house (c1909) now used as an office for the farm; one out building always used as a wood house.
Crops or livestock historically raised on property:
Potatoes; Strawberries; Timber; Cattle; Hogs
Crops or livestock currently raised on property:
Berries; Christmas trees
National register property:
No
Contact first name:
Julie
Date of application:
2009-05-28 00:00:00
Date of award:
2009
Genealogical information included:
Yes
Application on file:
Yes
Application location:
MSS ORCFRP
Applicants relationship to original owners:
Grandson of Richard Simms
Origin of original owners:
Green County, VA, then to Missouri, then New Mexico, arrived in Oregon in 1908.
Ethnic origin of original owners:
N/A
How many generations still live on the farm or ranch:
4
Original Acreage:
64.0acres
Current Acreage:
214.0
Acreage farmed or ranched today:
214