CFR1219

View Application: 
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
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
Please describe attachments: 
Application; Statement of affirmation; Family history narrative; Aerial photograph; Deed records; Copies of photographs
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