The following is from a work-in-progress about the history of Fullerton. You can support my ongoing research and writing on Patreon.
Arthur R. Marsom was born in Detroit, Michigan in 1871. As a young man he learned the trade of carriage painter.
In 1898, he moved to California and worked as a contractor building houses in Los Angeles. In 1903 he opened a store selling interior decorating materials–paint, draperies, tapestries, pottery, etc. He expanded his business into real estate as well.
In 1910 he moved to Fullerton and continued developing buildings and homes. He built the first apartment building in Fullerton, called The Marwood on Spadra [Harbor Blvd.]. It has since been torn down.
He built his home at 441 East Commonwealth Avenue.
He married Marie Warrington in 1893 in Detroit, Michigan. They had three children: Earl, Ivy, and Blanche.
Marsom was a Republican, a Catholic, a member of the Knights of Columbus, and a member of the Fullerton Board of Trade.
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