In Historic Fairhaven - Sycamore Square Building
Dr. Darling was one of our first tenants; he had an
office on the third floor.
He was born on May 14, 1869 in Portage, Wisconsin. The
son of James M. and Clara (Kellum) Darling,
Dr. Darling received his preparatory education
at Hammond Hall in Salt Lake City,
and subsequently attended a dental college in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from which he graduated in 1890.
He began the practice of his
profession in Fairhaven and moved to Whatcom in 1892.
He was a member of the Board
of Dental Examiners from 1897 to 1899 and served as president of the board in 1898 and
1899,
and president of the State Dental Society in 1896. He was one of the organizers of
the Homan Lumber Co.
and the Samish Oyster Co., as well as a member of the Cougar Club. In
1898 he married Miss Mabel Studevant Byrne.
Residence: 1106 Garden St. Business address:
18 Fischer Blk., Bellingham.