Address
2627 East Manoa Road, Honolulu HI 96822
2627 East Manoa Road, Honolulu HI 96822
TMK
(1) 2-9-014:037
SHPD Historic Site Number
80-14-9015
Abstract
The Earl R. and Lillian McGhee Residence, built in 1929, is significant as a modestly detailed Fantasy Picturesque style house constructed in Hawaii during the period of the late 1920s to early 1930s. It is one of approximately a dozen such styled houses to remain in Honolulu. Related to the Tudor Revival style, it uses Elizabethan forms in a rather whimsical manner evocative of a fairytale, including a steep, skewed gable, wavy edged asbestos-cement shingles on the facade, and the prominent round arched entry treatment. The house is also significant for its associations with Earl and Lillian McGhee, whose marriage was an early and rare instance of Caucasian-Asian intermarriage during the 1920s. The McGhee’s marriage is associated with the broad pattern of multi-ethnic harmony in Hawaii’s history.
The Earl R. and Lillian McGhee Residence, built in 1929, is significant as a modestly detailed Fantasy Picturesque style house constructed in Hawaii during the period of the late 1920s to early 1930s. It is one of approximately a dozen such styled houses to remain in Honolulu. Related to the Tudor Revival style, it uses Elizabethan forms in a rather whimsical manner evocative of a fairytale, including a steep, skewed gable, wavy edged asbestos-cement shingles on the facade, and the prominent round arched entry treatment. The house is also significant for its associations with Earl and Lillian McGhee, whose marriage was an early and rare instance of Caucasian-Asian intermarriage during the 1920s. The McGhee’s marriage is associated with the broad pattern of multi-ethnic harmony in Hawaii’s history.
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.