Historical Society of Old Yarmouth

08/27/2026

"This is a beautiful house!" ~ recent guest
There's just a few weekends left to see our Yarmouth in Revolution exhibit before it closes for good in early October. Come on by for a tour! We're open today, tomorrow and Saturday with tours at 11, 12, 1 and 2pm. Reserve tickets in advance or purchase them at the door. https://www.hsoy.org/captain-bangs-hallet-house-museum"

08/25/2026

As we continue our tour of witness houses to the Revolution. today we're featuring 149 River Street, South Yarmouth. The house was built about 1750, but in Barnstable, not Yarmouth. In 1927 Florence Hardee of Toledo, Ohio, purchased a lot on River Street and had this house flaked and moved from Osterville by water. The original builder/owner of the house is not known. It has since passed through several owners and still looks out over Bass River today.

08/23/2026

We love this image of a group promoting the Yarmouth Village Improvement Society, ca 1910. The society was formed just after 1900 in Yarmouth Port to keep sidewalks clean, promote street lighting, and more. Soon other societies sprung up in South and West Yarmouth, then in other towns. Unfortunately we don't know who these folks are, but believe the image was taken next to the old school building that stood where the Yarmouth Port Fire Station is.

08/21/2026

Looking for something to do on a rainy day? Tour the Capt Bangs Hallet House with our friendly docents and learn some Yarmouth, Cape Cod, and Maritime history! Tickets available at the door at 11, 12, 1, 2 pm.

08/20/2026

Yarmouth Register, August 1849

08/18/2026

Yay!! Thank you Town of Yarmouth Massachusetts

08/18/2026

We were thrilled to welcome Isobel, the great granddaughter of Guido Perera, for a tour of the Capt. Bangs Hallet House last weekend. As some may know, the Perera family donated the house to HSOY back in the 1950s and it became the centerpiece of our organization. We'd love to welcome you too! Tours are available on Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 11, 12, 1 and 2pm.

08/16/2026

https://www.hsoy.org/blog/2026/8/16/congressmen-from-yarmouth

A boardwalk, a church and a chapel, a farm, a town department, and a former school are reminders to us of these “Gentlemen from Massachusetts” who once lived in Yarmouth and represented us in Congress.

08/14/2026

Yarmouth is honored to serve as Massachusetts' only stop on the nat...

08/14/2026

The summer "traffic" on North Main Street, South Yarmouth ca 1915. The road splits toward the back of the photo with the left becoming Station Ave.