The house was originally built in 1882 by Hippolyte Cahen for his wife Adelaide Ann Meyerholtz. In 1900, the Cahens moved to Los Angeles so that their children could be educated in a larger city, and sold the house to the Kuchel family.

The home was then sold to Dr. Johnson and his family and later to C. Everett Granere. Granere was a mortician for Hilgenfeld's Mortuary in Anaheim. He decided to remodel the home in 1949 and convert it into apartments. Undoubtedly, this was influenced by the need for housing after WWII and the fact that Victorian homes were then abundant and "out of fashion." Many of the home's best features were dismantled, including a wrap-around porch.

     In 1977, the city of Anaheim planned to demolish the house to make way for the development of City Hall. However, Alan and LaDel Clendenen purchased the house for $50 in exchange for their promise to move it to its present location. For the next 22 years, they began an extensive reconstruction of the home, returning it to its Victorian origins.

     The Clendenens added a solarium to the first floor of the house, which was previously owned by Disneyland. They also added a modern 11-car garage to house the Clendenen's antique car collection. Besides these changes, the house looks very much as it did when the Cahens resided there in 1882

    In 2000, the house was purchased by Ken and Susan Chinn, who still own the house today.