P.O. Box 66, Yarmouth Port, MA 02675
To learn about the history of Taylor-Bray Farm, the farmhouse rehabilitation work and the ongoing archaeology project, please click on the links below for information and pictures.
We are seeking volunteers to help with the animals and general maintenance of the farm..brushing and walking the donkeys and goats..spoiling the chickens, helping with the vegetable gardens, and more! Please email us
Read all about the work by Americorps at Americorps at Taylor Bray Farm
The Education Committee is looking for volunteers to help with providing a welcome and short history of the farm to visiting students and teachers.Any help would be greatly appreciated and will ensure that the farm is reaching out to younger generations to foster an appreciation of an historic Cape Cod farm. Please contact us by email to volunteer. The farm is always open for teachers to bring younger students for self guided tours.
You can get a glimpse of the sheep festival at The Festival!
You can also check out the farm on Youtube at Cape Cast
Donkeys Sam and Nestor have started their harness training! Thanks to generous donors, we were able to hire a professional trainer to get them off on the right hoof.
TAYLOR-BRAY FARM PRESERVATION ASSOCIATION
P.O. Box 66, Yarmouth Port, MA 02675
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Donations and memberships in the Taylor-Bray Farm Preservation Association help to restore and maintain the buildings and grounds, and care for the animals at this unique historic site, preserving the legacy for present and future generations to enjoy.
A new article was recently published in Register
Come see how our cattle, Fiona and Scotty have grown!
To find out more about Scottish Highland Cattle, go to Scottish Highland Cattle
The Register also recently published an informative article about the Taylor Bray Farm.
About the farm
The Taylor-Bray Farm is situated on land in Yarmouth Port and was originally owned and settled by Richard Taylor in 1639. Through many generations, it remained in the Taylor family, until 1896 when George and William Bray, two brothers who had worked for the Taylors, acquired the land. It was sustained as a prosperous working farm by the Bray family until 1941. Between then and the late 1980's ownership changed hands a number of times.
Saved from Development
In 1987, the prospect of losing the farm to development prompted the Town of Yarmouth to purchase the property. The specific intent --"to maintain the farm for historic preservation and conservation". Tenant/managers have lived in the farmhouse, welcoming the public and educating many schoolgroups about the farm's history and ecologically rich natural beauty.
About the Association
In the Spring of 2001, a small group of farm neighbors formed the Taylor-Bray Farm Preservation Association. From this core group, we have grown to over 275 members from all sections of Yarmouth as well as other towns in Massachusetts and nine other states. We have established a strong partnership with the Yarmouth Historical Commission, the town's oversight body for the farm. The sheep pasture and pens have been re-fenced, all the aging barn doors have been replaced, landscape projects completed, and other improvement tasks implemented. In the summer of 2002, we began major repairs on the barn in partnership with the Yarmouth Historical Commission and Cape Cod Regional Technical High School that will include the replacement of the floors on the first and second levels, a complete electrical rewiring of the structure, and construction of an interior stairway, and installing new gutters.
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The mission of the TBFPA is compelling....join us, learn more and participate in the partnership to preserve this valuable historic site as a living legacy for the town of Yarmouth and all of Cape Cod.
