The surrounding land on which this home was later built was owned by Minerva Denison Rodgers of Sion Hill when she died. Following her 1877 death, an ownership dispute between Montgomery Meigs and others reached the Circuit Court. Following a court-ordered sale by a court trustee, Matthew James Cameron (1825-1914) became the owner of these lots in 1877.

In 1865, Matthew Currier had been shot dead in his ferry boat on the river, leaving a widow and five children. His family believed that Matthew was killed while smuggling slaves across the Susquehanna River to freedom. After he died, his widow, Adeliza, by law was not allowed to earn a living so had to relinquish her children to other families. One son, Oliver Reasin “O.R.” Currier (1863-1936), was taken in by Matthew James Cameron, a cousin and local livery owner, who raised him as his own. Following his high school graduation, O.R. joined Cameron in his family business, a local livery stable. In 1892 Matthew Cameron bought the livery property at Franklin and Stokes Streets, and four years later he had O.R. take over running it.

O.R. married Emma J. Currier (1865-1951) in 1886 and they lived in a different house on Otsego Street where they began raising their seven children. Following a fire in that house, Matthew Cameron built this house around 1890 for O.R.’s family and in 1907 Matthew deeded it to them in return for providing him with “all reasonable comforts” for the remainder of his life. O.R. served two terms as a city councilman, served as the Havre de Grace City Treasurer and, in 1902 became the first chief of the Susquehanna Hose Company, a position he held for 15 years.

Emma and O.R.’s eldest son was James Alexander “Jim” Currier (1886-1959), who worked in his father’s Livery stable where they had 36 horses. He also hunted and guided until 1916 when a local businessman, Clarence C. Pusey, offered Jim a position in the post office. For the next 43 years Jim kept the government job and eventually retired as Postmaster. At the same time he carved decoys and established himself as one of the Susquehanna Flats' prominent carvers. From 1930 until his death, Jim and his wife, Grace, lived at 825 Market Street, where Jim grew spectacular azaleas in their garden.

O.R.’s second son was Oliver Matthew “Ollie” Currier (1896-1991), who was inducted in May 1918 for WWI service while living here. He made Corporal December 1, 1918, with Company G of the 313th Infantry. Ollie served overseas from July 8, 1918, to June 2, 1919, and was honorably discharged on June 7, 1919. His name is on the Honor Roll at Tydings Park. Ollie also worked for O.R. in the Livery and over time transitioned the facility from hay and horses to a gas station and automobiles. The late Charlotte Putland has said that “Ollie was one of the nicest people in town and a real gentleman, and his wife, Grace, was so sweet.”

It was Ollie and Grace who bought back the family’s Currier House at 800 Market Street in 1937 and it is their daughter, Jane Currier, who owns and runs it now as a Bed & Breakfast. The current owner of this home, Mitchel Miki Fujiwara, says some of the furniture now in the Market Street Currier House came from this house.

O.R. predeceased his wife Emma by several years but she, along with some other family members, continued to live here, including their daughter Carrie Currier “Cye” Eaton (1887-1986) who graduated from Havre de Grace High School in 1905. Some shed additions were made at the rear of this property, along with a garage, but it is not known when this was done. After the 1951 death of Emma Currier, her heirs sold the home to their siblings Carrie Eaton and Sue C. Silber. They continued to live here for several more years until December 1978 when their attorneys sold this home for them to Frank H. and Betty J. Walker. Sue Silber died 10 months later and Carrie died in 1986 at the age of 99 years.

Five years after purchasing the home, Frank H. Walker died, but Betty Walker continued living here until 1988 when she sold the home to Santo Cannizzaro (1925-1996) and his wife, Gloria R. Cannizzaro. While the Cannizzaros were living in this house they bought another house at 315 Giles Street. They rented that house to friends. However, after Santo died in 1996, Gloria decided that she would prefer to live in the smaller Giles Street house. Family members helped her renovate that house and she moved there and sold this house.

In 1999 Gloria Cannizzaro sold this home to Mitchel Miki Fujiwara who works in Aberdeen. Mitchel says that this house originally did not have a basement but at some point an owner dug out a partial basement for a furnace and now a hot water heater is there also. The house on the opposite side of Centennial Lane had suffered a fire shortly before Mitchel bought this home and it scorched the siding on this house. One of the first things he did, therefore, was to replace the siding. Since then, he has made numerous improvements to this house and others are underway currently.

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Built 1935, 1972 sq ft, 2 stories with basement, 2 baths, detached garage, 5929 sq ft lot.