CFR1231
View Application:
Original Owner:
Yasukichi Iwasaki
Year of Property Acquisition:
1917
Award Type:
Century Farm
Donation land claim:
No
Homestead:
No
Other:
No
Legal description for the farm or ranch headquarters:
T1S R2W S8
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
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