The two-story, timber-framed, saltbox-plan, Pote House, located on Wolfe's Neck, faces an open field towards the Harraseeket River. Sheathed in split cedar shingles, the front facade has an odd number of windows and a right-of-center door-unusual for the time period and style. Originally built near Portland, the house was relocated to its current location c.1765 by its first owner Captain Greenfield Pote. Folklore notes that Captain Pote, a Yankee skipper, waited multiple days for a favorable breeze to set out to sea. One finally came on a Sunday and he immediately boarded his ship and set sail. After a successful voyage, he returned to Portland to hear a complaint had been made against him for setting out on the Sabbath. Insulted, he declared he would never live and pay taxes in Portland again. He purchased a farm on a knoll overlooking the water, loaded his house on a flat boat, and kept his promise by moving the house its current location. He positioned the house facing the water and his livelihood.
Year Listed: 1970
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