Address
426 Queen Street, Honolulu, HI 96813
426 Queen Street, Honolulu, HI 96813
TMK
(1) 2-1-025:003
SHPD Historic Site Number
80-14-9970; 80-14-1321
National Register of Historic Places
#73000660
Abstract
The Kapuaiwa Building is a simpler version of Aliiolani Hale which has been described as an “English inspired ideal of Italian Renaissance Architecture.” The original two-story building was constructed by George Lucas in 1884 to house official government documents but was immediately put to use housing government offices instead. Architecturally, the Kapuaiwa Building is significant to the Civic Center Complex in Honolulu. It was the third structure in Kamehameha V’s projected civic center and was given one of the Monarch’s personal names, Kapuaiwa.
The Kapuaiwa Building is a simpler version of Aliiolani Hale which has been described as an “English inspired ideal of Italian Renaissance Architecture.” The original two-story building was constructed by George Lucas in 1884 to house official government documents but was immediately put to use housing government offices instead. Architecturally, the Kapuaiwa Building is significant to the Civic Center Complex in Honolulu. It was the third structure in Kamehameha V’s projected civic center and was given one of the Monarch’s personal names, Kapuaiwa.
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