Standifird Home

The Standifird Home at 306 S. Main Street was built circa 1890–1900 by the Brimhall family using native sandstone. The house features walls approximately two to three feet thick, two chimneys, and a tin roof. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (added in 2004).

In 1905, Aquilla “Quill” Standifird purchased the home. As a teenager, Quill had mixed cement and carried it to the builders during the home’s initial construction. Over his lifetime, he expanded the house significantly, adding a kitchen, south bedrooms, washroom, bathroom, and upstairs stairs with flooring.

In 2004, Aquilla’s son Jack generously donated the home to the Taylor Heritage Foundation. The Standifird Home holds special significance in Taylor’s July 4th traditions: in the early 1950s, Reed Hatch asked Quill to assemble an anvil boom using historic blacksmith anvils. These anvils continue to be fired every July 4th at 4:00 a.m.