This house as well as the one just north of it at 612 Concord Street are shown on the Jennings and Herrick Map of 1858. They are said to have been pre-Civil War houses. However, as with some other historical houses in Havre de Grace, it is difficult to determine if the current buildings are the original ones that stood on a lot. Deeds frequently do not state whether a structure stood on the land that is being transferred, nor do they indicate if a new owner has demolished a previous structure and built another. That said, the 10,800 square feet of land on which this house was built fronted 60 feet on the west side of Concord Street and stretched west to Young Street; this remains the size of this lot.

This property appears to have been one of many properties owned by the widowed Mary Russell Vandiver (1810-1886), in December 1885 when she deeded all of her properties to her son, Murray Vandiver (1845-1916). Mary Vandiver herself died shortly after that in 1886. Within weeks, Murray Vandiver and his wife sold this property to Mary F. Murray, his grandmother. Seven years later, Mary Murray sold a one-half interest in this property to her sister, Katherine “Katie” A. Murray. After the death of Mary, Katie became the 100 percent owner. By 1918, Katie had married Emory U. Day and they were living at 826 Market Street so they sold this to John W. Welsh and his wife Laura E. Welsh.

By 1927, however, this property was deeded to John W. Welsh and his wife, Minnie Welsh. Minnie Welsh predeceased John Welsh who died in 1950, and John’s executors sold this to Murray V. Lawder and R. May Lawder in 1952. The Lawders owned other properties in Havre de Grace so this may have been an investment for them. In 1968, the Lawders sold this to Robert “Bobby” Neal and his wife, Bertha Briscoe Neal. After just two years, Bertha Neal died and her husband, Bobby Neal, sold this to Hardy and Martin Incorporated. Within a few days, Hardy and Martin sold this house to Charles R. Stansbury, Sr. (1919-2011) and his wife, Ruth Virginia Stansbury, who made their home here.

Although Ruth Stansbury died in 1998, Charles continued to live here until his death in 2011. His Personal Representative sold the property in January 2013 to Philip A. Cianelli who lived elsewhere. In November 2021 this property was conveyed to Philip and Doris L. Cianelli for their natural lives, with the property going to their children thereafter. The house had continued to appear unoccupied from 2011 to March 2022, when the house was demolished.

County Records
Built 1930, 1120 sq ft, 2 floors with basement, 2 baths, 10,800 sq ft lot.