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Charles C. Fitch Farmstead

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708: 59: 851: 76: 112: 863: 715: 839: 443: 119: 83: 287:. The postal address is 26689 Pickens Road, Eugene, Oregon 97402. The property is about 9 miles (14 km) west of the city, accessed by a private road running northeast for about .66 miles (1.06 km) and culminating in a historic driveway which gives access to the building complex, orchard, garden plot and hay field/pasture. 310:
on August 9, 1902 when Fitch purchased Lot 5 in Section 3 of Township 18 South, Range West of Willamette Meridian. This consisted of 2.6 acres (1.1 ha) and adjoining property of 76 acres (31 ha). The harvest and sawmilling of the timber on the property provided material for construction and
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style farmhouse, are on the property. A feeder barn, fruit house and fuel house were built in 1926 and in 1930 a garage and shop, machine shed, and chicken house were constructed. These buildings are in a state of good repair and of original construction. Three other outbuildings on the property are
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lumber for sale as well as clearing the land for farming. The farmstead had a wide range of agricultural production, grains and hay were complemented by vegetables and a fruit orchard. Bees were kept to pollinate the fruit and
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Elevation at the house is 450 feet (140 m). The mean annual temperature is 52 to 54 °F (11 to 12 °C) and precipitation 40 to 50 inches (100 to 130 cm). The soil is classed 2E for agricultural use by the
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The property nominated for listing on the NRHP is the remaining 7.22 acres (2.92 ha) of Charles Fitch's 1902 78-acre (32 ha)
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in disrepair but reflect the scale and variety of the agricultural operation. They are a smokehouse, a bee–hive house, and an
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on a scale of 1 to 8 with 1 being most productive. The land lays nearly level to gradual stream
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included a large chicken coop as well as several head of cattle and some hogs.
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Holverstott, G.B.; Holverstott, Helen; Holverstott, Treva (June 16, 1989).
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Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Oregon
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Lane County, Oregon
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with elevation varying from 300 to 600 ft (91 to 183 m)
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Farms on the National Register of Historic Places in Oregon
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National Register of Historic Places in Eugene, Oregon
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History of the National Register of Historic Places
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district

Fitch Farmstead is located in Oregon
Oregon
Fitch Farmstead is located in the United States
Eugene, Oregon
44°1′47″N 123°16′51″W / 44.02972°N 123.28083°W / 44.02972; -123.28083
American craftsman
Vernacular
89000510
Eugene, Oregon
National Register of Historic Places
farmstead
Lane County
American Craftsman
outhouse
sawmilled
timbered
animal husbandry
United States Department of Agriculture
terraces
foothills
Historic preservation
History of agriculture in the United States
Homestead Acts
National Register of Historic Places listings in Lane County, Oregon
"National Register Information System – Charles C. Fitch Farmstead (#89000510)"
National Register of Historic Places
National Park Service

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