Title | View Application | Award Type | Original Owner | Name of farm or ranch | Year of Property Acquisition | Original Acreage | Current Acreage | Acreage farmed or ranched today | Donation land claim | Dlc num and registration location | Homestead | Homestead Information | Other | Please explain | Legal description for the farm or ranch headquarters | County | Address physical location | GPS location | Distance from nearest town | Nearest town name | Who farms or ranches today | Original buildings still in use | Building structures on property with date of construction | Crops or livestock historically raised on property | Crops or livestock currently raised on property | National register property | National register name | Notes and comments property | Date of application | Date of award | Please describe attachments | Genealogical information included | Application on file | Application location | Applicants relationship to original owners | Origin of original owners |
Ethnic origin of original owners![]() |
How many generations still live on the farm or ranch |
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CFR0799 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Schifferer, John Philipp | 1893 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
See attached land deed. |
Marion | Schifferer, Jim C. | No | Barn, root cellar. | Hay, grain, fruit trees,... | Cherries, prunes, hay,... | No | Monday, November 30, 1992 | 1993 |
Application; Statement form; Handwritten letter; Deed. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson | Germany via Elgin, Illinois | German | 1 | ||||||||||
SFR0039 | Download Application (PDF) | Sesquicentennial Farm | Joseph & Elizabeth Voss | Voss Farms | 1853 | 320.00 | 137.00 | 100 | Yes | 2113 | No | No |
T3S R 1W S5 |
Clackamas |
24621 SW Baker Rd Sherwood OR 97140 |
1 mile | Sherwood OR | Jeannette Voss/Julie Edy | No | First house 1853; no longer... | grain Cattle sheep | berries, orchards, Christmas... | No | Monday, May 1, 2017 | 2017 |
Application packet, photos, DLC certificate |
No | Yes | OSU | granddaughters | Wisconsin | German | 3 | |||||
CFR1129 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Hellberg, Christian and Wilhemina | Hellberg Farms | 1908 | 88.00 | 429.00 | 429 | No | No | No |
T 6, R 34, S 14 |
Umatilla |
50218 Stateline Rd., Milton-Freewater, OR |
9.5 miles | Milton-Freewater | Hellberg, Leland; Hellberg, Carolyn; Hellberg-Wilson, Sara; Hellberg-Wilson, Jonathan | No | Barn built in 1921, still in... | Alfalfa; Barley; Oats; Wheat... | Alfalfa; Barley; Seed peas;... | No | Thursday, May 1, 2008 | 2008 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Family history narrative; Warranty deed; Property map; Plat survey; Copies of photos; Farm receipts |
Yes | Yes | MSS ORCFRP | Grandson of Christian Hellberg | Schleswig Holstein, Germany | German | 3 | ||||||
CFR1172 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Ranch | Thompson, George Washington; Thompson, Mary Amelia Thiele | Thompson Place | 1882 | 350.00 | 350.00 | 350 | No | No | Yes |
Warranty Deed |
T23 S, R5W, S 22,23,24,26 |
Douglas |
Red Hill Road Oregon - no street address |
10 miles | Yoncalla | James B. Langdon | Yes | Hay & Sheep Barn 1907-1910 | Hay; Wheat; Cattle; Goats;... | Hay; Timber; Cattle; Horses | No | Wednesday, April 6, 2011 | 2011 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Family history narrative; Warranty deed; Property records; Copies of photographs |
Yes | Yes | MSS ORCFRP | Great Grandson | Muscatine County Iowa | German | 0 | |||||
CFR1032 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Brutscher, Sebastian | 1851 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | Claim # 4355, Notification # 1470 | No | No |
Sec 16 T 3 S R 2 W |
Yamhill | Dunn, Kimberly Gish | No | no | Milk cows, lumber, hay, wheat... | Sheep, goats, chickens, ducks... | No |
640 acres in original farm. |
Thursday, November 30, 2000 | 2001 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Typewritten letter; Farm and family history; DLC deed; DLC map; Biographical excerpt of Sebastian Brutscher from "An Illustrated History of the State of Oregon"; Newspaper article (includes photo of Sebastian Brutscher, first postmaster of Newberg). |
Yes | Yes | OHSField Services File | great great granddaughter (Kimberly Dunn) | Bavaria to Missouri to Kansas | German | 1 | ||||||||
CFR1130 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Peter, Frederick | 1883 | 160.00 | 470.00 | 440 | No | No | No |
T 4, R 1E, S 17 |
Clackamas |
South Lone Elder Road, Canby, OR |
3.5 miles | Canby | Peter, Ernest H.; Peter, Jeffrey; Peter, Stephanie | No | N/A | Hops; Wheat; Dairy Cows;... | Grass hay; Grass seed;... | No | Tuesday, June 3, 2008 | 2008 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Family history narrative; Genealogy documents; Deeds; Copies of Photographs |
Yes | Yes | MSS ORCFRP | Ernest Peter - Great grandson of Frederick Peter | Baden, Germany | German | 4 | |||||||
CFR1165 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Silbernagel, Joseph; Silbernagel, Frances | Silbernagel Farm | 1907 | 252.00 | 230.00 | 150 | No | No | Yes |
Estate transfer |
T 9S, R 1E, S 8 |
Marion |
10508 Silbernagel Rd., Stayton, OR 97383 |
4 Miles | Stayton | Silbernagel, Paul | Yes | Cowbarn for milking, pig barn... | Corn; Grain; Hay; Chickens;... | Grain; Grass seed; Hay; Cows... | No | Monday, May 10, 2010 | 2010 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Family history narrative; Copies of photographs; Estate document |
Yes | Yes | MSS ORCFRP | Great great grandson | Perham, Minnesota | German | 1 | |||||
CFR1205 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Melhorn, Louis; Melhorn, Catherine | Edward Melhorn Farm | 1894 | 80.00 | 70.00 | 70 | No | No | Yes |
Deed, 1894 to Louis Melhorn |
T8S R46E S4SW 1/4 SE 1/4 Excepting E |
Baker |
38214 Sunny Dell Lane Halfway OR |
2.2 miles | Halfway, OR | Ebell, Mardelle L. | Yes | First house built in 1917 by... | Alfalfa; Barley; Oats; Wheat... | Hay; Cattle | No | Monday, April 29, 2013 | 2013 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Aerial photographs; Family and farm narrative; Copy of marriage license; Copies of photographs; List of property transfers; Brand register; Sale record; Map of property' newspaper articles; Geneaological charts; Digital photographs; Property ownership records |
Yes | Yes | MSS ORCFRP | Step granddaughter to Louis/Catherine Melhorn | German (Louis), American; Oregon (Catherine) | German | 3 | |||||
CFR1003 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Gekeler, George O. | 1862 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | Certification # 118 | No |
E 1/2 of the SW 1/4 of Sec 9 T 3 S R 38 E, containing 80 acres. |
Union |
1 mile South of La Grande |
Smutz, Martha; Smutz, Robert | No | Original log cabin being... | Cattle, chickens, horses, hay... | Cattle, hay. | No | Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Application; Statement form; Family history; Homestead certificate; Deeds; Handwritten postcard. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | Martha Smutz's husband Richard's mother was a daughter of George Gekeler. | Pennsylvania to Nebraska | German | 1 | ||||||||
CFR1134 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Bartels, Otto F. | Noble Knoll Tree Farm | 1909 | 40.00 | 80.00 | 33 | No | No | No |
T 7S, R 1E, S 34 |
Marion |
964 Loar Rd SE, Silverton. End of the road off Hwy 214. |
10 miles | Silverton | Bartels, Larry W. | No | Original residence (c.1909)... | Christmas trees; Fruit trees... | Christmas trees | No | Tuesday, April 28, 2009 | 2009 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Family history narrative; Copy of abstract of title; Plat map; Warranty Deed; Hand drawn map of property; Copies of photographs |
Yes | Yes | MSS ORCFRP | Grandson of Otto Bartels | Germany | German | 2 |