Address
45-3490 Mamane Street, Unit G, Honoka’a, Hawaii 96727
45-3490 Mamane Street, Unit G, Honoka’a, Hawaii 96727
TMK
(3) 4-5-006: 014
SHPD Historic Site Number
50-10-08-30665
Abstract
First Bank of Hilo, Ltd. building is eligible for the Hawai’i and National Registers of Historic Places at the Local Level under Criteria A (History/Events) and C (Architecture) due to it significance as a small town bank branch and its period architecture. Under Criteria A, the First Bank of Hilo, Ltd.-Hamakua Branch is a significant reflection of the commercial development of Honoka’a as an important, early twentieth-century trade center for the local (sugar) plantation workers, cattle ranchers, and coffee growers and store owners. The building is eligible at the Local Level for Criterion C as a good example of adaptive reuse for this commercial plantation-style architecture. This small town main street commercial building is typical of its period.
First Bank of Hilo, Ltd. building is eligible for the Hawai’i and National Registers of Historic Places at the Local Level under Criteria A (History/Events) and C (Architecture) due to it significance as a small town bank branch and its period architecture. Under Criteria A, the First Bank of Hilo, Ltd.-Hamakua Branch is a significant reflection of the commercial development of Honoka’a as an important, early twentieth-century trade center for the local (sugar) plantation workers, cattle ranchers, and coffee growers and store owners. The building is eligible at the Local Level for Criterion C as a good example of adaptive reuse for this commercial plantation-style architecture. This small town main street commercial building is typical of its period.
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.