Address
2621 Anuenue Street, Honolulu, HI 96822
TMK
(1) 2-9-014:070
SHPD Historic Site Number
50-80-14-00743
Historic Designations:
Hawai‘i Register of Historic Places
Abstract
The Mrs. Helen Bruns Residence is significant on the local level under criterion C, as a good example of a colonial revival style house built in Honolulu during the 1920s. It is also significant at the local level under criterion B for its associations with Mrs. Bruns, who was a public school teacher in Honolulu for forty two years. The colonial revival style was a popular domestic architectural form in Hawaii from the late 1890s through the 1930s. The Mrs. Bruns residence well reflects an Island adaptation of the style to a single story residence. Its Doric columns, porte cochere, and 9 x 1 double hung windows typify the style, and its hip roof is a common feature of the style when applied to a cottage. The asymmetric façade with its wrap-around porch and advancing box bay also reflect the informality of the style in Hawaii. The residence was constructed in 1922.
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