Address
29-2271 Old Mamalahoa Highway, Hakalau, Hawaii 96710
29-2271 Old Mamalahoa Highway, Hakalau, Hawaii 96710
TMK
(3) 2-9-006:024
SHPD Historic Site Number
50-10-16-30894
Abstract
Approved for Criterion A (Historic Events and Patterns) and Criterion C (Architecture and Engineering). The Hakalau Jodo Mission is significant on the local level under Criterion C as a good example of an East-West style Buddhist temple built in Hawaii during the 1930s. It includes a number of distinctive features and is typical of its period in its design, materials, workmanship and methods of construction. The complex of the temple building (temple, upper level; social hall, lower level) and the parsonage building are significant under Criterion A as their history illustrates the social history, cultural values and ethnic heritage of Japanese immigrants and their descendants working on the Hakalau Sugar Plantation.
Approved for Criterion A (Historic Events and Patterns) and Criterion C (Architecture and Engineering). The Hakalau Jodo Mission is significant on the local level under Criterion C as a good example of an East-West style Buddhist temple built in Hawaii during the 1930s. It includes a number of distinctive features and is typical of its period in its design, materials, workmanship and methods of construction. The complex of the temple building (temple, upper level; social hall, lower level) and the parsonage building are significant under Criterion A as their history illustrates the social history, cultural values and ethnic heritage of Japanese immigrants and their descendants working on the Hakalau Sugar Plantation.
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