Slocum House (Fair Oaks, California)

The Slocum House located in Fair Oaks, California is a historic building designed and built by Arthur Broadley in 1925 in the Colonial Bungalow architectural style for Charles Henry and Sara Ann Slocum. Charles Slocum settled in Fair Oaks from Iowa on December 23, 1896, just a year after the first settlers arrived on November 20, 1895. Charles Slocum was a businessman who ran the Slocum and Gore General Merchandise Store and established the Fair Oaks Bank in 1912. Slocum worked there as a cashier and manager until his death on July 19, 1925.