The home of Dr. Orrin Fitzgerald Jr., located on lower Main Street next to the Crosby-Neal Funeral Homw, as it appeared in the late 1930s to 1940s. Built in 1870 at a reported cost of $60,000, Dr. Fitzgerald spared no cost in constructing one of the finest houses in eastern Maine. Directly in front of the house was a 2.5-foot-tall iron statue of a black boy. Stopping there the doctor would press a button in the statue's chest and a bell would ring in the stable to summon the hostler to come and get the horses. A popular fourth of July prank was to dump a can of red paint over the statue, which prompted a later owner to hire a guard to watch over it.

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