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The interior of the house has had little alteration beyond the introduction of electricity. About 1970 it came into the hands of the Smith family, who were dedicated to its preservation, and who donated the land that became Wolfe's Neck Woods State Park.
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The Pote Cemetery is named after Captain Greenfield Pote and is located on private property across the street from the house. Graves mostly range from 1797 to 1921. Greenfield Pote is also buried in the cemetery, though his wife was buried in Falmouth.
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from the central parts of Freeport. It is set on the east side of Wolfe's Neck Road, just south of its junction with Burnett Road, and north of
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profile. Its foundation is unmortared fieldstone. It is finished in split cedar shingles, many of which are likely still original.
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The house was built about 1750 on Falmouth Neck, the peninsula that is now the city of
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University and college buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places
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The Greenfield Pote House is located on Wolfe's Neck, a peninsula across the tidal
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to this area, where it was then moved on rollers to its present location.
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Cumberland County, Maine
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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Maine
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Wolfe's Neck Center for Agriculture and the Environment
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is an historic house located on Wolfe's Neck Road in
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History of the National Register of Historic Places
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Capt. Greenfield Pote House is located in Maine
Capt. Greenfield Pote House is located in the United States
Freeport, Maine
43°49′49″N 70°04′58″W / 43.83028°N 70.08278°W / 43.83028; -70.08278
Harraseeket Historic District
ID74000160
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Freeport, Maine
National Register of Historic Places
Harraseeket Historic District
Wolfe's Neck Center for Agriculture and the Environment
Harraseeket River
Wolfe's Neck Woods State Park
saltbox
Portland
Sabbath
Casco Bay
National Register of Historic Places listings in Cumberland County, Maine


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