This home is typical of many homes built in Utah around the turn of the century. Completed in 1894, the home is a one story crosswing type Victorian style house. The front porch was added or changed in the 1930's, perhaps at the same time as the 1933 rear addition. Another addition was completed 1960, this time with wood frame construction.
Ernest was raised by his mother, Ellen Cushing and stepfather Arthur Cushing in the home which is the next stop on this walking tour. He married Sarah Ann Cooper(Sadie) in 1894. According to family histories, Ernest had saved enough money to have the house built, purchase a horse and buggy, and allow Sadie to pick out furniture, all before they were married.
Ernest worked as a clerk and laborer for the USS and ASSR&M companies in Sandy. Ernest learned the mercantile business from his father-in-law, William Cooper, and later opened a small store which was attached to the south end of the Marriott House. His modest store offered a limited variety of goods such as grain, flour, feed for livestock, and groceries.
Ernest was active in the community, he served on the Sandy City Council and played the horn in the Sandy City Band. The family raised vegetable gardens and had horses to draw their cutters and surreys. Sadie was a fine horsewoman and rode side-saddle. The couple lived in the house until Ernest's death in 1933. Sadie then moved to Salt Lake City and left the home to her daughter, Maxine Cushing Anderson.
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