Address
829 Pensacola Street, Honolulu, HI 96814
829 Pensacola Street, Honolulu, HI 96814
TMK
(1) 2-3-011:002
SHPD Historic Site Number
80-14-9719
Abstract
The Makiki Christian Church, which was constructed in 1931, is a five-story redwood building rendered in the style of an early Edo period castle of Japan. Its main tower rises ninety feet above street level. A three-story parish hall and Sunday school, built four years after the tower, extends out from the tower to give the building a T-shaped floor plan. The Makiki Church is architecturally significant as the only example of a Christian church in the United States modeled after a sixteenth century Japanese castle. A blend of eastern motifs and western materials, the building’s bold roof lines and massing well bespeak their Eastern inspiration, as does its details and ornamentation.
The Makiki Christian Church, which was constructed in 1931, is a five-story redwood building rendered in the style of an early Edo period castle of Japan. Its main tower rises ninety feet above street level. A three-story parish hall and Sunday school, built four years after the tower, extends out from the tower to give the building a T-shaped floor plan. The Makiki Church is architecturally significant as the only example of a Christian church in the United States modeled after a sixteenth century Japanese castle. A blend of eastern motifs and western materials, the building’s bold roof lines and massing well bespeak their Eastern inspiration, as does its details and ornamentation.
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