SFR0019
View Application:
Original Owner:
Sprenger, Nicholas B.
Year of Property Acquisition:
1852
Award Type:
Sesquicentennial Farm
Donation land claim:
No
Homestead:
No
Other:
No
Legal description for the farm or ranch headquarters:
T 12S, R 03W, S 31
County:
Linn
Address physical location:
32070 Sprenger Lane, Shedd, OR 97377
Distance from nearest town:
2 miles
Nearest town name:
Shedd
Who farms or ranches today:
Owen, Rebecca A.
Original buildings still in use:
No
Building structures on property with date of construction:
Barn built by Nicholas Sprenger still standing, used for horses & milk cows. Currently used for feeding goats. Barn 2 stories nd has 54 ft long hand hewn timbers & some wooden pegs.
Crops or livestock historically raised on property:
Grain; Hay; Cows; Hogs; Horses; Sheep
Crops or livestock currently raised on property:
Grass seed; Goats; Sheep
National register property:
No
Contact first name:
Rebecca A.
Date of application:
2008-10-29 00:00:00
Date of award:
2009
Genealogical information included:
Yes
Application on file:
Yes
Application location:
MSS ORCFRP
Applicants relationship to original owners:
Great-great granddaughter of Nicholas Sprenger
Origin of original owners:
Germany
Ethnic origin of original owners:
Swiss , German
How many generations still live on the farm or ranch:
1
Original Acreage:
320.0acres
Current Acreage:
61.0