In Corcoran, we moved into a huge house--maybe it was and maybe it wasn't, but to an 11 year old coming from the house on Meadow Drive, it was huge. It was 2 story! 1310 Jeppson. We loved it. This is the house where Mark was born. The front door opened up into the living room, which ran along the whole front of the house. It was the biggest living room we'd ever had, and it was a long rectangle. Right across from the front door was a bathroom, I think it was a half bath. (My mom always thought that right across from the front door was a very tacky place for a bathroom. I think I would have to agree with that. Hello, welcome to our home. Nice view of the bathroom, eh?) To the left of the bathroom was the staircase leading upstairs. On the left side of the living room there was a door that led to a huge room. We used it as a bedroom. I'm not sure if it was supposed to be a family room or not, I don't remember if it had an "official" closet or not. I do remember that for a little while it was my room. On the right side of the living room, a doorway led into the kitchen. It was another nice long, skinny room, perpendicular to the living room. (So it ran along the side of the house). I remember it was big, and I remember it was very very yellow. The table was at the back of the kitchen, but even the side where the cupboards, fridge, stove, sink, etc. were was nice and open, lots of floor space. At the back of the kitchen, there was a doorway to the left that led to a sort of small little room. I think there may have been a half bathroom back there, but it could have been just a room. Nowadays we might call it a mudroom, but for us it was just full of stuff. With your back to the kitchen, there was a back door on the right, leading to the back yard. Further ahead you would come into the big bedroom (or family room?) that had the door to the living room. Once in that big room, there were sliding glass doors on the right, that led into a step down add on. I'm sure that at one time it led outside. The add on had a wall of windows, and was carpeted, and we used it as a family room. (That is the room where I first watched Anne of Green Gables. Very important fact to note!)
Back at the stairs...it was one long staircase that went straight up, no turns. On the ceiling above the stairs was a swamp cooler, so many a hot summer day, the staircase was our favorite place to sit because the nice, cold air would just pour down on us. Even now I can remember the relief I felt just standing there, letting that air wash over me. At the top of the stairs there were two bedroom doors. The one on the left led to a bedroom. I remember that it was my room at one point. Straight ahead from the staircase was another bedroom. This bedroom had an entrance to a jack-n-jill bathroom, which led into the third bedroom upstairs. This third bedroom was huge. The entrance to that bedroom led to the hallway that ran along the front of the house...the wall it shared with the staircase was to the left.
We lived there for maybe a year and a half, and then moved to a smaller house at 2200 Bell, also in Corcoran.
Here are some pictures taken inside the Jepson house.
This is all of us kids just after Mark was born. Celeste, Sam, Me holding Shannon. Dawn is in front of Celeste, and Mark is, of course, the baby.
Celeste being goofy.
