Item 19 - Mills Act Agreement - 1218 N French St.

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French Park Historic District, Santa Ana, CA Orange County ors ^W..r M- +owaou 040 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number - Page 40 reached by four steps which are flanked by stucco clad piers, lead into the first floor apartments. A matching two-story garage apartment behind the building contains two apartment units. The 1932 directory lists, as the first tenants in 1931: Kenneth and Olive Ranney, chemist for Excelsior Creamery; Lottie Cox, stenographer; salesman for Gardner and Marion King, salesman, Frank General Petroleum Corp.; and Elmer Rains, who worked at the Bob Flippen Garage at 1110 Poinsettia. 902-904 N. Lacy St. Sanborn Apartments Spanish Colonial Revival 1931 Three identical two-story Spanish Colonial Revival apartment buildings grace the corner of Lacy and VanceSts. TThe original patterned 908, face Lacy St., while 419-419 1/2 face Vance. stucco covers the exterior of each building and the flat roof is ringed with red -clay- tile clad shed -style roofs. Square piers, accented with round pipe vents, form the corners. Plate glass windows, flanked by three -light casement windows, are located on each side of the centered front door. A red -clay -tile -clad portico, accented with triangular knee braces, shelters the wood doors, centered Judas windows at eye level. The stairway, bordered by solid stucco -clad rails, extends up the south side of the building. In 1932, the tenants were Raoel and Ethel Collette, manager of the H. H. Hawkins Co. Dept. Store located at 301-303 E. Fourth St., and Virgil and Evelyn Reed, a salesman at the Santa Ana Book Store. 906-908 N. Lacy St. Sanborn Apartments Spanish Colonial Revival 1931 The building at 906-908 matches 902-904 with the exception of the exterior stairway which extends up the north side instead of the south side. The only alteration appears to be the wrought iron railing on the first floor porch. Listed in 1932 were John and Amos Johnson, in 906, and C. Harold and Hariette Dale (Dale Bros Ins. Co at 301 N. Main St.), in 908.