Address
6077A Summer Street, Honolulu, HI 96821
6077A Summer Street, Honolulu, HI 96821
TMK
(1) 3-8-003:061
SHPD Historic Site Number
50-80-15-08823
Abstract
Approved for Criterion C (Architecture and Engineering). The Edward Y.F. Liu House is significant as an excellent example of a Mid-20th Century, Hawaiian Modern Style residence in an extremely rare variation that features steel construction and painted steel exterior sheathing. Framing members, floor deck, and siding were all constructed using reclaimed, surplus metal purchased from the military after World War II. Although a vernacular (non-architect or engineer-designed) building, the house is characteristic of the Hawaiian Modern Style. The house presents Mid-Century Modern elements in its flat roofline, unadorned but prominent combination cornice and gutter, bands of windows, canted windows, and relatively plain exterior wall surfaces.
Approved for Criterion C (Architecture and Engineering). The Edward Y.F. Liu House is significant as an excellent example of a Mid-20th Century, Hawaiian Modern Style residence in an extremely rare variation that features steel construction and painted steel exterior sheathing. Framing members, floor deck, and siding were all constructed using reclaimed, surplus metal purchased from the military after World War II. Although a vernacular (non-architect or engineer-designed) building, the house is characteristic of the Hawaiian Modern Style. The house presents Mid-Century Modern elements in its flat roofline, unadorned but prominent combination cornice and gutter, bands of windows, canted windows, and relatively plain exterior wall surfaces.
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