HOW IT ALL BEGAN

Howard Taylor, his wife Faye and their three daughters Nancy, Gail and Penny, moved to Brownsville, Oregon in 1952. “My father worked as a surveyor for many years; then in 1964, right after the floods, he had three strokes and a heart attack,” said Nancy Bergerson, the eldest daughter. Taylor was 52 years old at the time. Taylor’s recovery was slow and painful. His wife, Faye, took up work cleaning houses to help provide for the family. Unable to work, Howard began to create. The plans for the Living Rock Studios started in the 1960s. Howard had always brought home specimens he found while working as a surveyor. Using the rocks he had collected, Taylor and his family started building the Living Rock Studios stone by stone. The Living Rock Studios was completed and dedicated on October 13, 1985, Howard and Faye’s 50th Golden Wedding Anniversary. Taylor died in 1996, only three years after his beautiful wife, Faye, had passed on. Today, the The Living Rock Studios continues to welcome visitors who wish to see Howard’s life work.