Samuel Hadley (1872-1953) and Mary Diana Waldram (1880-1966) married in 1899 and, around 1904, purchased this property with an old house. They replaced it in 1918 with the existing house to accommodate their growing family: a daughter who only lived six months, and five sons, one of whom died of pneumonia at age 15. Like many homes in those days, they had no heating, electricity, or running water.

The 1-1/2 story brick house has a full-width porch with square posts supporting an entablature with eave brackets. Tripartite windows with leaded glass accents flank the central entry. Two sons slept on a screened porch at the back of the house, which the youngest son later converted into an apartment where he and his family lived while taking care of his mother until her death in 1966. Hip-roofed dormers provide light and ventilation to the attic level, which was remodeled into three bedrooms and two bathrooms. A fruit storage room under the home filled with water during wet winters, requiring the later installation of a sump pump.

The Hadleys developed a fine market in Ogden for the raspberries, blackberries, and dewberries grown on their land. The parents and children began picking berries at 4 a.m. with summer workdays extending from daybreak to dark. Diana canned fruit and berries for winter use and made most of the clothing for the family. She also learned hat-making skills from her Grandmother Dudman. Samuel worked in the clothing department at the J.C. Penney Company and at the Ogden Transit Company at night, leaving daytime hours open for his and Diana’s successful fruit production operation.