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-acre (108-hectare) municipal park and commercial filbert orchard just south of downtown Springfield, Oregon, United States. It is operated by the Willamalane Park and Recreation District. The park's trails pass through riparian woodland and oak prairie habitats. The park also serves as the western access point of the paved, 4-mile-long Middle Fork mixed-use 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