Address
2211 Kamehameha Ave, Honolulu HI 96822
2211 Kamehameha Ave, Honolulu HI 96822
TMK
(1) 2-9-001:025
SHPD Historic Site Number
80-14-9814
Abstract
The Alice Jones and Abraham Lewis Jr. Residence is a two story, Queen Anne Victorian style house built in 1902 in Manoa’s College Hills Tract. It is significant for its architecture as an intact remaining example of Queen Anne style in Hawaii and for its association with Abraham Lewis Jr., a prominent attorney and businessman in this period. The house is assymmetrically laid out with a cross gable roof, large lanai, bay window, and three-inch clapboard siding. Molding above the first level windows defines a horizontal band of approximately two feet that encircles the entire house dividing the two floors. An unusual feature of this home is the use of false cut stone for its foundation; the concrete blocks were manufactured to resemble cut blue rock, a popular building material in the early 1900s. It was also used in Linekona School. The house and three others in this tract were built by Peter Cushman Jones for himself and his children, using his master builder Merrithew. Although there were numerous Victorian mansions in Hawaii at one time, the majority of these large estates have been demolished, in favor of smaller lots in an area of high land value. The Victorian style was often used in high style homes throughout America in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
The Alice Jones and Abraham Lewis Jr. Residence is a two story, Queen Anne Victorian style house built in 1902 in Manoa’s College Hills Tract. It is significant for its architecture as an intact remaining example of Queen Anne style in Hawaii and for its association with Abraham Lewis Jr., a prominent attorney and businessman in this period. The house is assymmetrically laid out with a cross gable roof, large lanai, bay window, and three-inch clapboard siding. Molding above the first level windows defines a horizontal band of approximately two feet that encircles the entire house dividing the two floors. An unusual feature of this home is the use of false cut stone for its foundation; the concrete blocks were manufactured to resemble cut blue rock, a popular building material in the early 1900s. It was also used in Linekona School. The house and three others in this tract were built by Peter Cushman Jones for himself and his children, using his master builder Merrithew. Although there were numerous Victorian mansions in Hawaii at one time, the majority of these large estates have been demolished, in favor of smaller lots in an area of high land value. The Victorian style was often used in high style homes throughout America in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
This list of Hawaii’s historic properties is provided as a public service by Historic Hawaii Foundation. It is not the official list of properties designated on the Hawaii State Register of Historic Places. For official designations and determinations of eligibility, contact the State Historic Preservation Division of the Department of Land and Natural Resources of the State of Hawaii at 808-692-8015.