Address
3346 Kaohinani Drive, Honolulu HI 96817
3346 Kaohinani Drive, Honolulu HI 96817
TMK
(1) 2-2-050:002
SHPD Historic Site Number
80-14-1378
Abstract
The Purvis Residence was built in 1930 in lower Nuuanu on a sloping, landscaped lot overlooking Nuuanu stream. The house is significant for its architecture as a good example of a 1920/1930s Spanish Mission Revival residence in Hawaii. It was designed by architect C. W. Dickey and has a notable 1934 addition by Harry Sims Bent. Dickey and Bent were two of the major architects working in Honolulu during the 1930s. The single-story house exemplifies the Spanish Mission Revival style with plastered walls and red tile gabled roof. The home was built for R. M. Purvis, who for thirty-six years was associated with the Bishop National Bank, retiring in 1948 as its Vice President. The Purvis family resided in this house untill 1939.
The Purvis Residence was built in 1930 in lower Nuuanu on a sloping, landscaped lot overlooking Nuuanu stream. The house is significant for its architecture as a good example of a 1920/1930s Spanish Mission Revival residence in Hawaii. It was designed by architect C. W. Dickey and has a notable 1934 addition by Harry Sims Bent. Dickey and Bent were two of the major architects working in Honolulu during the 1930s. The single-story house exemplifies the Spanish Mission Revival style with plastered walls and red tile gabled roof. The home was built for R. M. Purvis, who for thirty-six years was associated with the Bishop National Bank, retiring in 1948 as its Vice President. The Purvis family resided in this house untill 1939.
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