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J U LY A U G U S T 2015 115 HOUSE OF THE MONTH FROMTOPLEGACYPROPERTIESSOTHEBYSINTERNATIONALREALTY2SIDEBARPUBLICDOAMINPHOTOBOWDOINCLASSPICTUREPORTLANDPUBLICLIBRARYMEAGHANMAURICE Molloy of Sothebys Realty. This mantel is ledge out that door A s much as they loved it grow- ing up the next generation of Quirks some living far away feel its time to let it go. Shes a beau- tiful cottage says Shirley Quirk. We had the bonfires and the lobster feeds many a memory. This is hard for the three of us because were very close. They love it but it lost its luster be- cause renting it was like a business Mol- loy says. Theyve been renting it for 1800 per week which is under market. Property managers Ive talked to believe it could eas- ily get 2500 per week during the season. Especially so if tenants learn its the Gov. Baxter house as Molloy mentioned to us W hile a student at Bowdoin the fu- ture Gov. Percival Baxter founded the literary magazine The Quill which exists to this day. Accord- ing to Wikipedia the fabu- lously wealthy Baxter knew how to get rowdy In 1896 Baxter joined a number of his Bowdoin classmates and travelled to Bath Maine where the Democratic candidate for President William Jennings Bryan was scheduled to speak. Baxter and his crew were so raucous that they were arrested. Although the Baxters confederates pled guilty the future Governor fought the charges with the help of his father Portland Mayor James Phinney Baxter and managed to have his record expunged. By 1901 he had a law degree from Harvard and was a promising young attorney in Portland on the way up. If he had this getaway cot- tage built it may have been dur- ing these upwardly mobile years. Gov. Baxter never married. He donated all of Baxter State Park and Mt. Katah- din to the people of Maine during his life- time with a 7 million cash gift to assure the parkland had perpet- ual care. Baxter Backstory during the showing. Not that were say- ing it isnt. Often family tradition survives all scrutiny. Maine Historian Earle Shettle- worth Jr. viewing pictures cant authenti- cate this story and hasnt heard of the con- nection. Its news to Dorothy Higgins of the Cape Elizabeth Historical Preservation So- ciety Speaking with old time Cape residents they were unaware about this home be- ing owned by Governor Bax- ter. This does not mean we have given up hope about find- ing info because we would like to know more so we can enter this into our history. Molloy makes no claims other than to offer hes heard that Gov. Baxter had this built in roughly 1900 be- fore his years on Mackworth Island where he had his Molloy of Sothebys Realty. This mantel FROMTOPLEGACY ciety Speaking with old time Cape residents they were unaware about this home be- ing owned by Governor Bax- ter. This does not mean we have given up hope about find- ing info because we would like to know more so we can enter If your father is the mayor of Portland youre a likely lad from the start.