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Von Trotha–Firestien Farm at Bracewell
Von Trotha–Firestien Farm is located in Colorado
Von Trotha–Firestien Farm
Location in Colorado
Von Trotha–Firestien Farm is located in the United States
Von Trotha–Firestien Farm
Location in the United States
Location Junction of O St. and 83rd Ave., Bracewell, Colorado
Area 49 acres (20 ha)
Built 1911 (1911)
MPS Historic Farms and Ranches of Weld County MPS
NRHP reference No. 09000291
Added to NRHP May 12, 2009

The Von Trotha–Firestien Farm is a historic farm near Bracewell in Weld County, Colorado, United States. The farm was established circa 1887 by the von Trotha family and expanded with the work of a family of Russian German immigrants, the Fiersteins, in the 1910s. Today, the farm is recognized as significant in the history of local agriculture, including the use of irrigation and advanced techniques of feeding livestock. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 12, 2009.

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