Cope, William T.

William T. Cope (1850-1915) was a Santa Cruz retailer who formed a hardware store partnership with Jesse Cope in 1877. In 1877 he married Katherine Hihn, and father-in-law F. A. Hihn built a house on Walnut Avenue for the couple as a wedding gift. The marriage ended in divorce, and Katherine remarried in 1913. In 1894, Cope had the Lincoln Street rowhouse constructed (see the SWC4 cover for a photo of the rowhouse).

• The Sidewalk Companion to Santa Cruz Architecture, 4th edition (2023): Chapter Three, item (36), page 71 [residence]; front cover and entry (52), page 78 [rowhouse].