Where is Bette Davis house in Maine?

Answer 1

Was just in Cape Elizabeth and a sign at Fort Williams Park said that it was on Zebo (sp?) Beach and it was called Whitchery (I know I have that wrong) and that she was there from 1953-1960. I cannot find a Zebo beach on line, so who knows if the sign is correct. If you get anymore info I would like to know.

Bette Davis's home (which she shared with Gary Merrill for a time) was on what is now Zeb's Cove Rd., but her former house has since been torn down to make room for a giant house instead.

The house was a "typical" New Englander version of a Colonial. After Bette, Gary, Margot, B.D. and Phillip moved in, the Merrill's threw some parties that are still talked about.

THE NAME OF THE HOUSE: During these party years, people would get to the fork in the road (one had to drive quite some distance down a dark, dirt road, only to be met by this "fork". Imagine David Niven, drunk as a skunk, trying to turn his Rolls Royce around in a muddy apple orchard field. Guests would shortly arrive at the gas station and ask directions. Once the party guests would be assembled, someone would always ask Bette how she had chosen the name of the place; Davis would give a knowing wink to the guests and say, "Well, my dear, when you asked the station man which way to Bette Merrill's, how did you ask?"

The guest would say, "I just asked which way, thats all."

Bette would then point at a handpainted sign on the side of the house; it spelled out:

"WITCH Way"

Here is the link for the new house (the Merrill home was donated to the Cape Elizabeth Fire Department and it was burned flat for training purposes about 20 years ago.

Hope this helped.

http://www.mygovnow.com/capeto/Invision/assessing/index.htm