South St., Gorham, Maine. County/parish: Cumberland.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places June 27, 1979. NRIS 79000135.
1 contributing building.
The Baxter House is an historic house museum at 67 South Street in Gorham, Maine, United States. Built in 1797, it was the birthplace of James Phinney Baxter, mayor of Portland . He was the father of two-term Governor of Maine Percival Baxter. The house was donated to the town by James Phinney Baxter in 1907, and opened as a museum in 1908. It is open on Tuesdays and Thursdays from June to August. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/88685546