Heninger Park

United Auto Building

May 11, 2000

Located in Heninger Park on South Main Street (at First Street) is a large brick building listed on the City of Santa Ana's Register of Historic Buildings as the United Auto Building. This 1936 photograph shows James Robert Wann buying 7 of his 8 sons new Hudson Terraplane automobiles from the then P&L Motors Inc. Dad paid cash for the seven cars. He was the owner of Wann Bros. Spray Rig., a supplier of spray equipment used to spray orange groves in Orange & surrounding areas. There were two Wann sisters. This wonderful photograph is curtesy of Wanda Schramm. Her father James, Jr. is seventh from right in photo.