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SIGNII~ICANCE Period prehistoric lq00-lq99 __ 1500-1599 16OG-1699 1700-1799 1800-1899 ~ 1900- Area~ of Significance - Check and justLfy below archeology-prehistoric archeology-historic agriculture architecture art communications community planning conservation economics education exploration/settlement industry invention landscape architecture law literature military music .. philosophy politics/government ..... religion science sculpture ... social/humanitarian theater transportation other (specify) Specific dates: Constructed lo06-07 Builder/Architect: Statement of Significance (in one paralgaph): The Koepsel Hour. built ha 1906-07, is significant for its fine C~lonial Revival/Neo- ClasMcal architecture and for its as~cialions with the Koep~l family amd others who owned the house through the yelll'Sl It is one of the finest e~arap[es of this style ha not only Santa A. na, but all of Orange County. The Koepsel$ bought the house from the fLrst owner *** around 1910. The home was shared by Rev. Herman <oepsel, areliced Methodist minister, his wife, Augus- tine. amd their s~n, Arthur, · prominent local attorney. The KoepseLs moved to A~a from Kansas in 1907. Plermaa continued to be active in church activities until his death ha [913. He was very proud of having been a member of Company C of 17th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment durLag ~e Cl¥11 Wac. Augustine lives until 1919 and the house was M her e,-t~_~R. Arthur, who was born ha Kansas in worked on the railroad for severM yeac~ while studying lay, lie graduated from USC and was admitted te the bar on July 22, l~8. He moved in ~,ith his parents at the home al 1801 North Bush in January of 19ii. He selwed as part of the staff of the 0raagecounty District Attorney's office until 1919. At that time he and another attorney formed the firm of Eden amd Koepsel. The firm grey in prominence over the years. Arthur vas an active member of the Republican Party. Chairman of the local' Republican Club, aad Ghail'man of the 0rallge Coulity C~lltcal Republican Committee. He served in the State Militia Company E, Third Missouri-infantry iment and the California National Guaxd, which he joined in 1917. He and Miss Alfreda Holzgral'e were married on September 1, 1914 and had a sea, Vernon. She vas born in Santa Ann to pioneer~ Ferdinand a~d Itelea ltolzgrafe. Theyvere faithful members of the Evangelical Church and he belonged to the Knights Templar, the Al Mals!kah Shrine Temple in Lea Angeles, the Santa Ann ElXs, the Orange County Bar Association, and was a Captain ia the local National Guard. William V. Summers and his wife, Mabel, purchased the house in 1921. ranchers vith property in vhat is now called the North Tustin ar~a. Mr, Summers died in 1926 and Mrs. Summers canthlued to live in the house until 1930. At that time Dr. $. Thermon Johnston and his wile. Ethel, purchased the home. He vas & physician ~ith offic~ at S09 North Main Street ha Santa Aaa. lie specialized in the ~ye, ear, nose and threat field of medicine. By [94 Mrs. $. R. lienry occupied the house. She vas a stleslady at Ranlrin's l)~partment Stere in DownWvn Santa Ina. Rankin's 0tinge Caunty's finest department st~re. ***Some of the information regarding this hous~ aixd its families was not available at the time of this vriting because the Santa Ama RL~!ory Room, the city's prime hist- orical repository, v~ closed for aa extended period of time. Page 5 oi~ 9 401