Baxter Summer Home, Historic summer house in Falmouth, US.

The Baxter Summer Home is a residential house on Mackworth Island featuring dark red brick walls, green terracotta tile roof, and a fieldstone foundation near Casco Bay. The structure includes room layouts and architectural details typical of early 20th-century summer estates.

James Phinney Baxter, a six-term Portland mayor and businessman, had this summer house built between 1917 and 1918 on Mackworth Island. Since 1943, the property has been operated by the Governor Baxter School for the Deaf.

The transom above the east entrance holds stained glass with a sailing motif, a detail tied to the coastal setting of Casco Bay. The house later became part of the Governor Baxter School for the Deaf campus, which moved to Mackworth Island in the 1950s.

The property is operated by the Governor Baxter School for the Deaf and visiting requires advance contact with the institution. It is best to arrange access ahead of time to understand what may be available to see.

The house was designed by Portland architect Frederick Thompson and built in 1917–18 to replace an earlier wood-frame structure on the island, which has since been demolished. James Phinney Baxter had bought Mackworth Island in 1885.