Middle Bay Farm B&B is CLOSED.

After 23 years of inn keeping, I (Phyllis Truesdell) am retiring and closing Middle Bay Farm Bed & Breakfast, effective November 1, 2022. It has been a fun, often funny, occasionally challenging, but supremely interesting and happy ride! I am filled with gratitude for the long list of wonderful guests over these years - thank you for the gift of so many warm connections and great memories!

Middle Bay Farm B&B was open year round and offered four large bedrooms with private baths in the main house and two suites, each with full bath, living area, kitchenette and two small bedrooms, in the sail loft cottage.

Both the main house and adjacent cottage overlook the waters of Middle Bay and are located on the site of the Pennell Brothers Shipyard, which produced schooners, barks and brigantines until 1874. Remnants of ways from which these ships were launched still remain, mostly hidden by mud and seaweed.

The main house was built about 1834 by Benjamin Pennell, one of five Pennell Brothers. In 1897 it was sold to John Barnes who operated a summer boarding house called Bay View Farm in the early 1900's. Helen Keller is reported to have stayed here during that time. At the end of the 20th century the house lay empty for almost a decade until 1998 when it was bought with the dream of returning it to its former hospitality, by opening it as a Bed and Breakfast.

Renovation began in May 1998 and in March 2000, the first guests came to visit. Now, as 2023 approaches, after a good long run, Middle Bay Farm Bed and Breakfast bids you a bittersweet farewell.