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Captain Jesse Patridge House

This house is located in Historic Stroudwater in Portland Maine. It was built by Captian Jesse Partridge in 1786. It is adjacent to the Stroudwater Burial Grounds where the Captian is buried. The property has 2.8 acres of landscaped gardens on the Stoudwater River. It is a private country setting located in Portland, minutes from the airport, hospitals and the mall area. The house itself has four bedrooms, two full baths and one half bath, an unusual large living room, dining room, office and a sitting room. The kitchen was fully renovated in 2001. Historic features include Indian shutters, wide pine floors, original pine molding, six fireplaces (and a bread oven) off one center chimney and two fireplaces off the ell chimney. There is a screened in porch, a pool house (also a heated pool) and a two car Carriage House. It is part of the Greater Portland Landmarks Marker Program and was featured in the Stoudwater Village Association Garden tour.

Captian Partridge was involved in the Revolutionary war and received his orders from the Govenment of Massachusetts on May 23, 1778. On September 14, 1997, he purchased a share in the sloop Retrieve, the first privateer out of Falmouth.