This land was part of the same parcel of five contiguous lots owned by Thomas Earp (1785-1868) of Philadelphia and sold by Philadelphia Trust Safe Deposit and Insurance Company in 1891 to James T. “Jim” Holly (1849-1935) and on which 801 South Washington Street was built. Jim Holly was the youngest son of John W. "Daddy" Holly (1818-1892), who was one of Havre de Grace’s earliest duck decoy carvers. Jim and his wife, Irene Cobourn Holly, sold this lot in 1919 to George Taylor “Tad” Lyon (1896-1983) and his wife, Helen H. Lyon.

This is one of four similarly designed colonial houses in a row built by Tad and Helen Lyon in 1919. But in order for them not to look like “cookie cutter” houses, the finish on each house was different; this one is stone. There was a shortage of housing after the War and they felt this would be a good investment. They rented the house out until 1926, when they sold this property to W. Edwin Baekey (1900-1953) and Margaret C. Baekey. Their son, W. Edwin Baekey, Jr. was married to Nita Lou Susemihl in 1950; they met at the Peabody Conservatory of Music where they both were students.

In 1934, the house was bought by John H. Day, Jr. and his wife Gladys; John worked for the Maryland Department of Education, Baltimore County and they lived here until Gladys died in 1972. In 1978 John married Leona Anna Day but he died the following year, followed by Leona in 1981. Leona’s Personal Representative sold the home to William Allan Guinn and Alice R. Guinn. They lived here for six years before relocating and selling this home to Thomas F. and Louisa H. Bowman in 1988. Thomas is a Havre de Grace High School graduate and works at the Aberdeen Proving Ground. He and Louisa continue to own this home.

County Records
Built 1950. 1382 sq ft, 2 stories with basement, 1 bath, 6534 sq ft lot.