Joseph M. Dorman was living at this address when he was inducted as a Private in March 1918 for WWI. He served in the 328th Aero Squadron and went to Radio Mechanics School in Texas before being assigned to the 817th Aero Squadron on October 2, 1918. He was honorably discharged on February 1, 1919, and his name is on the Honor Roll at Tydings Park.

Private Joseph Dorman was the son of Charles and Ellen Dorman (1850-1934) who owned this house from 1890 until 1923 when she sold it to Angelo “Reds” Vincenti (1899-1986) and Teresa Leopolda Leonardi Vincenti (1906-1985). This northern end of the city was known for a time as Little Italy—families with names like Tarquini, Cianelli, Retrossa, Bernardi, Lanquis, DiMauro, and Reginaldi settled here and became extended families and friends.

This home is rich in the history of the Vincenti family, whose members resided here for almost 100 years. Reds Vincenti had been born in Italy and immigrated here with others in the early 1900s. Another immigrant at the time was Vincenzo Leonardi who also settled in Havre de Grace and in 1915 sent for his wife, Bernadina Levi Leonardi, and their daughter to travel from Italy to join him. That daughter was Teresa Leopolda Leonardi who married Reds Vincenti, mentioned above, and made this their home.

Angelo “Reds” Vincenti and Teresa raised 11 children in this home while running what became a very popular restaurant and bar called “The Blue Room,” at the corner of Erie and North Adams Streets. Their eldest daughter was Bernadine “Betty” Vincenti, whose son, Patrick Vincenti, became a well-known local duck decoy carver as well as a Harford County Councilman, who now is President of the Harford County Council.

One of their sons was Anthony Vincenti (who married Marge), and another daughter was Rose Marie Vincenti, who married James W. Hamilton. When Reds Vincenti died in 1986, just one year after his wife Teresa, he bequeathed this home to their eldest daughter, Betty Vincenti, and several of her siblings, some of whom lived here. From 1989 until 2018, this home belonged to James W. “Jim” Hamilton, Sr., (Reds and Teresa’s son-in-law) who is best known for having begun the iconic Bel Air Bakery and running it for six decades with Rose until he retired and closed shop at Christmastime 2015. It was for Jim Hamilton in the Bel Air Bakery that Patrick Vincenti began his working life years ago.

James Hamilton sold this home to Goss Properties, Inc., in January 2018 and, just 11 months later, he passed away. Melanie Goss and her husband now live here—Melanie runs the shop called Windsong Trading on St. John Street.

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Built 1900. 1692 sq ft, 2 stories, basement, 4 beds, 2 baths, fireplace, 2400 sq ft lot.