Oregon farm where Steve Jobs picked apples and gained inspiration hits market for $5M

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Steve Jobs once lived and worked on this property in McMinnville, Ore., when it was a commune known as All One Farm. (Windermere Photo)
Before there was Apple, there were apples.
A 387-acre property in McMinnville, Ore., that was once home to Steve Jobs — and where he worked in an apple orchard before starting Apple — is for sale for $5 million.
Comprised of five parcels with multiple homes and outbuildings, the All One Farm was a counterculture community that is said to have profoundly influenced Jobs' life and career, serving as the inspiration for the name of his company and as the birthplace of his daughter, Lisa.
Steve Jobs shows off the iPhone 4 at the 2010 Worldwide Developers Conference. (Wikimedia Commons Photo)
A Windermere listing by agent Drew Staudt describes the property as a storybook estate that 'could serve as a statement homestead, corporate retreat, hunting lodge, vineyard, winery, or strategic venture that taps into the history of the property.'
The farm features a fully remodeled 5,200-square-foot main house, built in 1985; a large barn with a ballroom floor, full bathroom, and outdoor kitchen next to a greenhouse; and a remodeled three-bedroom, two-bath guest house. There are territorial and mountain views and the land is a mixture of forested, cleared, and pasture areas. There is abundant wildlife for hunting, including elk, turkey, deer, bear and cougar.
There's even a little red cabin where Jobs lived and which has been staged in the listing with vintage Apple memorabilia.
The property is 15 minutes from downtown McMinnville and just over an hour southwest of Portland.
All One Farm was owned by Marcel Muller and managed by his nephew, Robert Friedland, a future billionaire financier in the mining industry, who ran the property as a hub of Eastern philosophy, meditation, and psychedelic exploration.
A cabin where Steve Jobs stayed on All One Farm. (Windermere Photo)
Friedland met Jobs at Reed College, where he is said to have taught Jobs the 'reality distortion field' leadership style. Jobs dropped out of Reed after one semester, and credited his experience on LSD while on the farm with expanding his creative vision.
While visiting and living at the farm in the early 1970s, Jobs worked at Atari as a technician alongside Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak.
Inspired by his work in the orchard and a fruitarian diet, Jobs suggested the name 'Apple Computer' while brainstorming with Wozniak on potential names for their new company. Jobs wanted a name that was 'fun, spirited, and not intimidating' like other tech company names, according to Walter Isaacson's biography, 'Steve Jobs.'
Inside the cabin where Steve Jobs stayed. (Windermere Photo)
The main house on the property in MicMinnville, Ore. (Windermere Photo)
The living room inside the main house. (Windermere Photo)
Apple trees in the orchard where Steve Jobs worked. (Windermere Photo)
The ballroom space inside the barn. (Windermere Photo)