About Us

The Main-Begg Farmhouse

Our mission as the Main-Begg Farmhouse seeks to inspire a deeper understanding of how the past informs the present by preserving and restoring its buildings and grounds, providing an intimate historic community gathering place, and offering programs that will educate and enrich all audiences. 

What We Do

• Preserve, restore, and maintain the Main-Begg Farmhouse historic structures and landscape features adhering to the highest professional standards for the treatment of historic resources.

• Provide a unique and welcoming meeting place for small groups embodying a diverse range of interests within our community, including not-for-profits, businesses, neighborhood, educational, and governmental organizations, families, and others.

• Promote the values of historical knowledge and community-wide historic preservation in the Goleta Valley to inspire a sense of community identity as well as an understanding of the importance of history to the present time.

• Sponsor or host public and private events, tours, exhibits, and other programs to support our mission and stimulate interest in the central roles played by immigrant families and agricultural development in the history of the Goleta Valley.

• Encourage the participation of neighborhood and local volunteers by providing opportunities to contribute to the preservation, interpretation, and maintenance of the property’s historic structures and landscaped grounds.