714 W. 5th St. – Darling House

This Craftsman bungalow was built in the early 1920s. The first owner and occupant was Bernt Hanson around 1922 to 1927.

Occupied by several others for brief periods, the house became the property of Raymond W. and Mabel Darling in 1933. They converted it into an apartment house and lived there through the 1940s. The building was acquired circa 1965 by Loren K. Wilcox and reconverted to a single family dwelling. Mr. Wilcox lived here through the end of the 1970s, before selling to John L. Martin. The current owners used the bungalow as a rental property for a number of years before moving into it themselves in 1999.