Slocum House (Fair Oaks, California)

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Slocum House
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Location7992 California Ave., Fair Oaks, California
Coordinates 38°38′29″N121°16′05″W / 38.64139°N 121.26806°W / 38.64139; -121.26806
Area.87 acres (0.35 ha)
Built1924
ArchitectArthur Broadley
Architectural style California bungalow
NRHP reference No. 79000520 [1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 31, 1979

The Slocum House located in Fair Oaks, California is a historic building designed and built by Arthur Broadley in 1924 in the California bungalow architectural style for Charles Henry and Sara Ann Slocum. [2] [3] Charles Slocum settled in Fair Oaks from Iowa on December 23, 1896, just a year after the first settlers arrived on November 20, 1895. [2] He was a businessman who ran the Slocum and Gore General Merchandise Store and established the Fair Oaks Bank in 1912. [2] Slocum worked there as a cashier and manager until his death on July 19, 1925. [2]

The Slocum House operated as a restaurant from 1977 to 1985. The restaurant was bought and reopened in 1986 by Kerry Kassis, whose father Frank Kassis owned and operated the Sacramento grocery chain Stop-N-Shop and developed the Arden Fair shopping mall with his brothers. By 1991, the Slocum House featured a high-end menu that blended California produce with Italian and French cuisine. The restaurant closed in 2011 due to the economic downturn. [4] [5] In 2018, it was purchased by local brewpub owner Gary Juels with plans to reopen the restaurant. [4]

References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM".
  3. Locke, Cathy (July 22, 1990). "Adventures in catering". The Sacramento Bee . Retrieved September 6, 2025 via NewsBank.
  4. 1 2 Farah, Judy (September 27, 2019). "Hopping Again". Comstock's magazine. Retrieved September 6, 2025.
  5. Kushman, Rick (August 23, 2025). "Dining-scene growth: Kassis should know". The Sacramento Bee . p. 18. Retrieved September 6, 2025.