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French Park Historic District, Santa Ana, CA Orange County <br />United States Department of the Interior National Park Service <br />ational Register of Historic Places <br />ontinuation Sheet <br />n number <br />including the Orange County Court house in Santa Ana and the Brown <br />Palace Hotel in Denver. In 1900, in partnership with H. Fairbanks, <br />he went into the insurance and real estate business. In 1907, when his <br />son, Mac, was ready to go into business, the two opened the insurance firm <br />of O. M. Robbins and Son. In 1909 Mr. Robbins was elected secretary and <br />manager of the Home Mutual Building and Loan Assn. of Santa Ana. He <br />was very active in the Masonic Order, the Santa Ana Chamber of Commerce, <br />the Agricultural Assn., the Sunset Club, and the Rotary Club. <br />Mrs. Elizabeth Robbins was Chairman of the Building Committee for <br />the present Ebell Club in downtown Santa Ana, and was active in the <br />Eastern Star and D. A. R. organizations. <br />1100 BLOCK OF NORTH LACY STREET <br />1102-04-10-12-14 N. Lacy St. Dehne Apts. No. 1 Minimal Traditional <br />1944 <br />Two stories high, and topped with a low-pitched hipped roof, the <br />long narrow apartment building on the corner of Wellington and N. Lacy <br />Streets has eight units facing Lacy and one facing Wellington. The building <br />is clad in the original sand-finished stucco. Two sets of concrete stairs lead <br />up the south side to recessed balconies on the second .floor. Plain wood <br />railings border the steps. 2-over-2 double-hung windows, divided <br />horizontally, are used in pairs and singly throughout the building. The <br />paneled doors, accented .at eye level with small Judas windows, are original. <br />Two single-car garages are attached to the building on the north end. <br />Amelia Dehne, who owned a restaurant on N. Sycamore in the early <br />1940's, built this apartment building in 1944 and occupied the apartment at <br />1106 for four years. She moved into her new apartment building up the <br />street at 1221-1227 N. Lacy when it was finished in 1948. The first <br />tenants here were listed in 1945: Sue Planchon, a cashier for the Edison Co.; <br />Helen Ness, supt. at Santa Ana Community Hospital; Amanda <br />Bartlein, teacher; Mrs. Billie Webster, lunches; Arthur and Myrtle <br />Shortsleeve, advertising manager for the Santa Ana Independent. <br />    <br />Historic Resources Commission 161 10/5/2023 <br />