The Bishop Home at 2154 Parkwood around 1915. It was designed by local architect Harry Wachter and built around 1907 by carpenter contractor Cornelius Hull at a cost of $9,500. George Bishop had an office in the Nicholas Building. According to the 1910 Polk City Directory, his family employed Anna Williams as the live-in domestic. The 1921 city directory listed Clinton Mauk, president of the C. A. Mauk Lumber Company, as the resident. His biography appeared in Toledo & Lucas County Vol. 3 on page 267. His wife was Mabel (Scrafford) Mauk. | |||||