The land on which this home was later built was owned by Murray Vandiver (1845-1916) and his wife, Annie Vandiver. Murray held many prominent positions including being a Member of the House of Delegates, Havre de Grace Mayor, State Treasurer, and owner of much local property. He built the well-known Vandiver Inn on South Union Avenue as a wedding gift to his bride, Annie Clayton, in 1886. In 1905 the Vandivers sold this land to another prominent Havre de Gracian, Isaac Hecht (1864-1913), who had built the Hecht Hotel on Green Street in 1890. After the unexpectedly early death of Isaac, this land passed to Lee I. Hecht (1888-1957) and Lawrence W. Hecht (1899-1947), the sons of Isaac.

The Hecht brothers sold this lot on the northeast corner of Market and Lafayette Streets in 1931 to Rupert Goddard (1892-1942) and his wife, Irene W. Goddard, whom he had married in 1915. They are believed to have built this home shortly after buying the land. In 1932 Rupert Goddard was awarded a patent for a smoke producer, used by the government as an apparatus to produce smoke screens. Another patent granted to him in 1942 was for a spray tank for dispersing fluids from an aircraft. Rupert died that same year and Irene Goddard sold the home to Dr. George A. Willis, Jr. and his wife, Fannie Copenhaver Willis, in 1943. George Willis was active in several organizations—in 1930 he had been elected President of the Kiwanis Club and in 1930 served on the Regatta Committee of the Havre de Grace Yacht Club (which was located on the water only a couple of blocks from this house).

In 1947 the widowed Fannie Willis sold this property to Dr. Norman F. Myers and Grace Elizabeth Myers (1913-1999). Dr. Myers was a dentist who in December 1944 had been elected as President of the Harford-Cecil Dental Club. The Myers enjoyed living here until Norman’s death in 1965, after which title vested in his widow, Grace, who became the longest owner of this house. For several years before Grace died, it appears that this may have become a rental property (there are several names of people other than owners that are associated with this address). In 1999 Grace Myers died at the age of 86.

The estate of Grace E. Myers conveyed this property to Terry Myers Drury (her daughter) in 2000, to whom Grace bequeathed it. Seven years later, Terry Myers Drury titled the property in her name as Norma Terry Drury (aka Terry Myers Drury) along with her husband’s, Sydney C. Drury, Jr. (1935-2012). At the time of Sydney’s death, they had been married for 51 years and had two children, Sydney “Carl” Drury, III and Diane L. Drury Taylor. In July 2020, a court-appointed guardian of Norma Terry Drury sold this property to Jackie OShea, LLC, of Baltimore.

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1440 sq ft, 1 bath, 2 stories with basement, detached garage, 12,500 sq ft lot.