The Marian Bennion House at 4839 S. Wasatch Street built in 1888

George Howard sold ten acres containing this property to William Clark in 1874. Clark divided the property and sold a three and a quarter acre section to Marian Bennion in 1885. She took out a mortgage against the property in 1885 which may have been used to build the house. Benjamin Hill purchased one acre in 1899 which contained the house. He sold the property in 1919 to Ellen Parker Rose. She sold the property in 1920 to D. Branson Brinton and his wife, Ethel. They owned the property until 1926 perhaps using it as income property as they did not appear to live in it. Brinton worked for The Progress Company from 1909 until 1921 when he formed Brinton Electric at 4792 State Street. Niels A. Pearson and his wife, Mary, purchased the property in 1926. Mary was then divorced or widowed from Niels as she married Ingolf Bjornson in 1930. They were living in the house in 1951. Mary married Frank J. Shafter in 1930. She sold the house to Mildred M. and Melvin E. Van Den Akker in 1970 who still live in the house.