Farm

August W. Priebe Farm - 99

August W. Priebe Farm - 99

Address
4801 Sundown Road
Gaithersburg 20882
 
Closest town: Unity

August W. Priebe Farm - 99

Owner 1
Owner Name: August W. Priebe
Purchase Date: Thursday, January 1, 1925
Cows Milked: 21 - 50
Milk Destination: MD-VA Milk Producers Association
 
Owner 2
Owner Name: Hurt
Farm Name: Everett R & M
 
Owner 3
 
Owner 4
 
Owner 5
 
Owner 6
 
Tenant 1
 
Tenant 2
 
Tenant 3
 
Tenant 4
 
Rental 1
 
Rental 2
 
Rental 3
 
Rental 4

August W. Priebe Farm - 99

Photo by Richard Rowe 2008 Photo by Richard Rowe 2008

August W. Priebe Farm - 99

Photograph by MHT photographer Mike Dwyer

August W. Priebe Farm - 99

August Priebe Family 1937 Russell Priebe receives trophy

August W. Priebe Farm - 99

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August W. Priebe Farm - 99

August W. Priebe Farm - 99

Other Written History Images: 1956 Upper Montgomery County Land Use Map - Plate 18 August Priebe Obit 1967       
Maryland Historical Trust Inventory Form: PDF icon Maryland Historical Trust document M: 23-31

August W. Priebe Farm - 99

Other Comments:

Owned by Jim & Alesia Harvey in 2008.  Barn built in 1926.

Farm Size (Acres) is from the 1956 Upper (Montgomery) County Land Use Map.

In 1935, August Priebe reported to MD-VA Milk Producers Cooperative Association that he had lost 17 cows due to "Bangs test", leaving him with 22 cows producing about 50 gal/day from his 44-stall barn.