Built in 1855. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.
“Imbrie Farm is an Italian Villa style home in Hillsboro, Oregon. It was built by Robert Imbrie and was a working farm for over a century.”
Wikipedia article Imbrie Farm, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 51 National Register listings published here for Washington County · listed in 1977 · category: Building · built in 1855.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Imbrie Farm between 2000 and 2015, burning about 2 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Columbia City Unit | ROCKY PT RD#1 |
| 26 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | ROCK CREEK BRUSH FIRE |
| 15 August 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Forest Grove District | CORN PASS VAN FIRE |
| 23 July 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Forest Grove District | SKYLINE FIRE |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Imbrie Farm: 5 past producers, 2 occurrences, 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, PGE, Aluminum, Iron, Titanium, Metal. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bauxite Tualatin Mountains | Aluminum, Iron, Titanium, Metal | Occurrence | ||
| Hillsboro Platinum Occurrence | PGE | Occurrence | ||
| Tualatin Mountains Bauxite | Aluminum, Titanium, Iron | Prospect | ||
| Hoyt Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Krueger Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Multnomah County Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Hoyt Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Krueger Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Rock Creek | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Rock Creek Quarry | Stone | Past Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hillsboro, the town this property stands in, in 3 storm reports between 1998 and 2015: 1 hail, 1 lightning, 1 funnel cloud. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2015 | Funnel Cloud | Hillsboro | - | The NWS received several reports of a funnel cloud near Hillsboro in the afternoon, including one report from a county official. |
| August 1999 | Lightning | Hillsboro | - | The last evening of convection in a very active three day period produced two strong cells that brought widespread lightning to the Portland and Hillsboro areas. More than 100 transformers were knocked out, causing power outages to 15000 Portland General Electric customers. The Westside MAX Light Rail line was out of service from 7 PM to 830 PM. |
| May 1998 | Hail | Hillsboro | - | A small airplane pilot near Hillsboro reported brief quarter sized (one inch) hail at a little after 4 PM PST. The report was confirmed by a call to McMinnville Flight Service Station. |
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Malcolm McDonald House | 1.5 miles | 2015 |
 | Harold Wass Ray House | 1.7 miles | 1994 |
 | West Union Baptist Church | 1.7 miles | 1974 |
 | Shute-Meierjurgen Farmstead | 1.8 miles | 2018 |
 | Aloha Farmhouse | 2.8 miles | 2014 |
 | Richard and Helen Rice House | 2.9 miles | 2006 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 77001117 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Washington County | All 51 listed properties in this county. |
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