The land on which this double house was built was owned by John T. and Louisa Moore in 1868 when they sold it to Patrick Hollihan and Ellen Hollihan (sometimes spelled Hollahan). That same year Patrick and Ellen sold the north part of what they bought to William Hollihan (1842-1890) and his wife, Julia (1840-1886), and in 1873 they sold the south part to William and Julia also. It is believed that William constructed this double house for his family soon after acquiring the second piece of the land. With double houses many people lived in one half and rented the other half, which William and Julia may have done. A double house appears at this location on the 1899 Sanborn Insurance Map. Another double house very similar in design and construction exists at 614 South Washington Street, built about 1870.

Julia died at 46 years of age and four years later William died at 48 years old in 1890, leaving six children, to whom both sides of the property descended. One of the heirs was Mary E. Fahey, wife of James H. Fahey (1862-1931), an attorney who also owned the Hotel Fahey on North Washington Street. Through the Faheys in 1922, the heirs conveyed the property to one of their siblings, Katherine J. Hollahan (1877-1950). She was the youngest child, being only 9 years old when her mother died and 13 years old when her father died. Katherine appears to have lived in this north side of the home and rented the south side for at least some of her ownership. Katherine Hollahan, however, sold both sides of the double home in 1949 to Omer L. Carson and G. Arnold Pfaffenbach, two local attorneys who were in the real estate business. They then sold the north and south sides of this house separately.

In 1952, Wilmer B. and Blanche Hines bought this north side of the house and lived here for about five years. Their son, Wilmer L. Hines and his wife, Catherine J. Hines, owned this for several years in the 1970s-1980s. In 1986, Catherine’s attorney sold this home to Wilmer L. Hines who just one year later sold it to Robert G. Bohli.

Leonard and Wanda Baker have owned this home since 1989. Leonard Baker is retired from the U.S. Navy and in the past has been associated with Baker’s Skipjacks and Chesapeake Model Boats.

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Built 1935. 1176 sq ft, 2 stories no basement, 1 baths, 1800 sq ft lot.