S. Second St. at Dorris Ave., Springfield, Oregon. County/parish: Lane.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places June 22, 1988. NRIS 88000724.
5 contributing buildings. 9 contributing sites. 1 contributing structure.Dorris Ranch is a 268 acres (108 hectares) park and commercial filbert orchard just south of downtown Springfield, Oregon, US. The ranch features gravel, paved, and natural-surface trails that weave through riparian woodland and oak prairie habitats. It also serves as the western access point of the paved, 4-mile long Middle Fork path, which runs to Clearwater Park.
Dorris Ranch is recognized as the first commercial filbert orchard (started in 1892) in the United States and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. More than half of all the commercial filbert trees now growing in the U.S. originated from Dorris Ranch nursery stock.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77849746