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Robert William Andrew Feller Farmstead
The Robert William Andrew Feller Farmstead is a federally designated historic site a couple miles northeast of Van Meter in Dallas County, Iowa, United States. It is the boyhood home of Major League Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Bob Feller.〔 The historic district is . The Feller family farm was once but most of it has been sold to other farmers and the current farm is .〔 Feller sold the farmstead in 1955 and it is currently owned by Dr. Jose and Jeanie Angel since about 1994.〔 A veterinary clinic is also located on the farmstead but it is outside the historic district and has no association with the farm owners.〔
== Background ==
The farmstead was first purchased by the Feller family on January 5, 1866, by Feller's grandparents, Andrew and Elizabeth Feller. Andrew had immigrated from Germany and Elizabeth from Switzerland.〔 The farmstead's red barn was built in 1886 by Andrew Feller, Bob's grandfather, and still stands as of 2010. Feller was born on the farm in November 1918. Feller learned to pitch here on the farmstead from his father William Andrew Feller, known as Bill.〔〔 When Feller was 8 years old, he threw a baseball so hard it broke three of his father's ribs.〔 In 1932 his father, Bill, built a ballfield one-quarter mile east of the farmhouse; complete with some bleachers and a concession stand.〔 This ballfield has been called the "original Field of Dreams".〔 This ballfield and its homefield baseball team were named Oakview because of all the oak trees in the area. Oakview is no longer part of the farm and has been plowed under and overgrown. Bill Feller even switched his corn fields to wheat because the earlier harvest of wheat allowed his son more time to play baseball.〔 Feller's Major League debut season was 1936, as a 17-year-old, with the Cleveland Indians. The ''New York Times'' soon said his name was "on the tongues of a million fans".〔 He then appeared on the cover of ''Time'' on April 13, 1937. Feller once stated that if he could relive any moment of his life it would be "Playing catch with my dad between the red barn and the house."〔 The Raccoon River is about one mile south of the property.〔
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