CFR1252

View Application: 
Original Owner: 
Johann Gottlieb Kuenzi
Year of Property Acquisition: 
1917
Award Type: 
Century Farm
Donation land claim: 
No
Homestead: 
No
Other: 
No
County: 
Marion
Name of farm or ranch: 
J.G. Kuenzi Farm, H.M.K.
Address physical location: 
2103 Hubbard Rd. NE Silverton OR 97381
Distance from nearest town: 
10 miles South
Nearest town name: 
Silverton OR
Who farms or ranches today: 
Kuenzi Brothers Farms LLC Lyle and Nelson Kuenzi
Original buildings still in use: 
Yes
Building structures on property with date of construction: 
Original home built in 1923;1934 2nd story added; 1942 living room added; and 1979 master bed, garage, and family room added first barn in 1922/23 burned in 1928; 1949 seed cleaning barn built, was used for dairy hogs prior to seed cleaning days; shops and other building for hogs were built in 1960's
Crops or livestock historically raised on property: 
Timber, logging, slash/burn, horses, dairying, hogs, hops, sheep, potatoes, corn silage, clover hay and seed,
Crops or livestock currently raised on property: 
Grass Seed, diversified berry crops: blueberries, marionberries, and blackberries
National register property: 
No
Contact first name: 
Lyle
Date of application: 
2018-05-01 00:00:00
Date of award: 
2018
Please describe attachments: 
Application materials, narrative, photos, maps etc.
Genealogical information included: 
Yes
Application on file: 
Yes
Application location: 
OSU
Applicants relationship to original owners: 
Great grandsons
Origin of original owners: 
Switzerland
Ethnic origin of original owners: 
Swiess
How many generations still live on the farm or ranch: 
2
Original Acreage: 
247.5acres
Current Acreage: 
110.0
Acreage farmed or ranched today: 
110