[Hist_Pres] Recent Listing in National Register of Historic Places

[Cara Kaser]

The Oregon State Historic Preservation Office is pleased to announce the
recent listing of the John and Carolena Heimuller Farmstead in the
National Register of Historic Places.

Heimuller, John and Carolena, Farmstead
Scappoose vcty, Columbia Co.
NR# 11000049
LISTED 02/28/2011

The Heimuller Farmstead was nominated to the National Register as a
largely intact collection of residential and farm buildings constructed
by John and Carolena Heimuller during the early twentieth century. The
farmstead is an excellent example of subsistence farming around the
Scappoose area and Columbia County during the early twentieth century
and consists of several buildings, including a cross-gable farmhouse,
barn, and windmill. After arriving in Oregon in 1898, the Heimullers
settled on approximately 40 acres west of Scappoose and developed a
subsistence farm and later raised other crops, such as apples, cherries,
potatoes, walnuts, and filberts, for commercial purposes. The
Heimuller’s apple orchard and Burbank potatoes were especially
well-known in the area. The Heimullers lived and operated the farm from
1910 until 1959. 

Oregon’s State Advisory Committee on Historic Preservation
recommended the building’s nomination in October 2010. The Heimuller
Farmstead joins only 10 other properties listed in the National Register
in Columbia County. The National Register is maintained by the National
Park Service under the authority of the National Historic Preservation
Act of 1966. 

More information about the National Register and recent Oregon listings
is online at www.oregonheritage.org (click on “National Register” at
left of page). 

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Cara Kaser
Architectural Historian
State Historic Preservation Office
Oregon Parks & Recreation Department
Phone: (503) 986-0784
Fax: (503) 986-0793
cara.kaser at state.or.us