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Schrimsher Farm

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SCHRIMSHER FARM / SUNRISE TERRACE SUBDIVISION

Caroline (Cherokee) & William (Scotch-Irish) Schrimsher first of four generations to farm this 36 acres from 1880 – 1939. After World War II Wernher von Braun’s team of scientists were brought from Germany to Ft. Bliss, Texas and then to Huntsville, Alabama. Their mission: satellites to orbit the Earth and the Saturn rocket to send man to the moon. 1950 a consortium of von Braun’s team purchased the Farm and it became Sunrise Terrace Subdivision.

Prime examples: Contemporary Ranch Style 3518 – 4321 Panorama Dr. 3605, 09, 11 Skyview Dr.

Listed on the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage, May 19, 1998.

MONTE SANO HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION – 1998

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