This property and the building immediately south of it (408-410 North Union Avenue) was sold by Stephen J. Seneca in 1894 to Lewis H. and Blanche Ascherfeld of New York. Lewis and Blanche may have built this house but in 1902 they sold it to their son, Theodore Ascherfeld (1820-1905) and wife, Elise Hahn Ascherfeld (1834-1928), who also could have built it. It is known that Theodore and Elise were living in Havre de Grace prior to 1902 and the following year sold part of this property to Stephen and Mary Healy.

Theodore Ascherfeld was a musician and composer who had come to Havre de Grace in 1874 (and originally came from Essen, Germany). He served as director of the Havre de Grace Orchestra who performed occasionally at the City Opera House. Among his many compositions was, “The Sons of Columbia,” a national song he wrote in 1859 to celebrate the Fourth of July. His wife, Elise, taught music, French, and German in their home on the second floor of this building. Their daughter, Clara Ascherfeld (1875-1963), having first been taught piano by her mother, had studied in Europe under various piano teachers, and was among the first to be appointed to the new Peabody Conservatory piano faculty in Baltimore. Among Theodore and Elise’s six children, they also had a son, Theodore F. Ascherfeld, who was an officer in the U.S. Navy.

In 1917, Stephen and Mary Healy sold this to Frank M. and Emma Leithiser Baldwin. They had a daughter, Elsie Bernheim, who was married to Louis Bernheim, and the Bernheims had a daughter, Lynn, all of whom were living here with Frank and Emma in 1940. After the death of Emma in 1950, Frank Baldwin (who lived another 10 years) sold the house to his daughters, Elsie Bernheim and Myrtle B. Poplar in 1959. Myrtle sold her interest to back to Elsie the following year. After the death of Louis Bernheim in 1958, Elsie Bernheim married Earl Carter and they sold the house in 1972 to Billie George and Sallie Mae Monks. Elsie Bernheim Carter had by then lived in this house for more than 50 years.

There were a few more owners until Seasons, Inc. bought this in 1999 and opened a store, Gifts for All Seasons. The Old Chesapeake Hotel bought this property in 2000, to accommodate overflow guests of their corner hotel. At this point the home was converted into two self-contained suites for guests, with separate entrances, which it continues as today. In 2007, Ken Beyer of The Old Chesapeake Hotel sold this property to 412 North Union Avenue LLC as an investment property.

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Built 1900, 2040 sq ft, 2.5 stories with basement, 3 baths, 5000 sq ft lot.