The 1904 Sanborn Insurance Map shows that the Delmar Lumber Company had moved to this location on the river and over the next couple of years expanded with sheds, a shavings vault, and a “sawdust conveyer.” The company was still operating here in 1910 but later moved to 210 North Adams Street.

This general area was the location of the “Downtown City Dump” from the early 1900s until the late 1940s and is shown on the 1930 Sanborn Map. People would take their horse and buggies down there and shovel everything off. Mildred Harrison recalls that every day at 1 p.m. the dump would be set on fire and after burning up some of the garbage firefighters would put out the fire. In the 1940s, the whole place was covered up with dirt and the dump was moved north of the city—that’s where some people got target practice with their .22s. But it no longer remains there either.

In 1987 this became a two-acre waterfront park located on the banks of the Susquehanna River that was named in honor of Frank J. Hutchins, a year after his death. He was a WWII veteran, served as Mayor in the 1970s, and sat on the boards of several organizations. The Havre de Grace Farmers’ Market and other community events are held here under a large three-season tent with the convenience of public restrooms. And in the past, some boats, such as the Lantern Queen, have docked here and is fondly remembered.