Address
4382 Kahala Avenue, Honolulu HI 96816
4382 Kahala Avenue, Honolulu HI 96816
TMK
(1) 3-5-013:004
SHPD Historic Site Number
80-14-9741
Abstract
The Lyndon Roberts Residence was built circa 1930 in the middle-class Kahala neighborhood of Honolulu. The house is significant for its architecture as one of the few examples of “Hawaiian style” residential architecture remaining in Kahala from the early 20th century. It is a single-story frame house, distinguished by its prominent, double-pitched hipped roof, over-hanging eaves, exposed rafters, and numerous windows for ventilation. It has a centered, inset lanai with concrete coconut trunk columns. The lanai columns are the only known example of this motif in the city making this especially noteworthy. The “Hawaiian style” was formalized by C. W. Dickey and Hart Wood around 1926 with the construction of cottages at the Halekulani Hotel. As the style became popular, a number of building supply companies such as Lewers & cooke and Theo E. Davies provided house plans to customers. The house may have been constructed using such plans by Mr. Roberts, a salesman, and his wife, Wanda, who was a teacher with the Territorial Department of Public Instruction.
The Lyndon Roberts Residence was built circa 1930 in the middle-class Kahala neighborhood of Honolulu. The house is significant for its architecture as one of the few examples of “Hawaiian style” residential architecture remaining in Kahala from the early 20th century. It is a single-story frame house, distinguished by its prominent, double-pitched hipped roof, over-hanging eaves, exposed rafters, and numerous windows for ventilation. It has a centered, inset lanai with concrete coconut trunk columns. The lanai columns are the only known example of this motif in the city making this especially noteworthy. The “Hawaiian style” was formalized by C. W. Dickey and Hart Wood around 1926 with the construction of cottages at the Halekulani Hotel. As the style became popular, a number of building supply companies such as Lewers & cooke and Theo E. Davies provided house plans to customers. The house may have been constructed using such plans by Mr. Roberts, a salesman, and his wife, Wanda, who was a teacher with the Territorial Department of Public Instruction.
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.