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
Legal description for the farm or ranch headquarters:
T7S R1W S17 & 20
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
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