SFR0051
Original Owner:
David & William Sherer
Year of Property Acquisition:
1852
Award Type:
Sesquicentennial Farm
Donation land claim:
No
Homestead:
No
Other:
Yes
Please explain:
Deed record
Legal description for the farm or ranch headquarters:
T12S R4W S23
County:
Linn
Name of farm or ranch:
Sherer Family Farm
Address physical location:
31003 Bell Plain Tangent OR 97389
GPS location:
-123.14343 44.50890
Distance from nearest town:
12 miles
Nearest town name:
Albany OR
Who farms or ranches today:
Cathy Hess, Bob Laylon, Nathan Laylon
Original buildings still in use:
Yes
Building structures on property with date of construction:
First house started in 1852 finished in 1853. indoor plumbing and electricity was added 1959 was nearly destroyed in 1984; but it was insulated then; put up on a foundation in 2020.
Crops or livestock historically raised on property:
swine, sheep, horses, hay and grain
Crops or livestock currently raised on property:
Annual ryegrass, fescues, meadow foam and wheat on rotation
National register property:
No
Contact first name:
Bob
Date of application:
2021-07-03 00:00:00
Date of award:
2022
Genealogical information included:
Yes
Application on file:
Yes
Application location:
OSU
Applicants relationship to original owners:
grandchildren
Origin of original owners:
Beaver County, PA
How many generations still live on the farm or ranch:
3
Original Acreage:
360.0acres
Current Acreage:
890.0
Acreage farmed or ranched today:
887