Address
45-516 Lehua Street, Honokaa, Hawaii 96814
TMK
(3) 4-5-018:009
SHPD Historic Site Number
Not Yet Available
Historic Designations:
National Register of Historic Places – will be re-submitted in 2022 for Hawaii State Register
Abstract
The Honoka’a Hongwanji Buddhist Mission was approved for the National Register of Historic Properties at the November 22, 2019 meeting of the Hawaii Historic Places Review Board. The buildings will be re-submitted for the Hawaii State Register in approximately two years when all of the buildings meet the 50 years old criteria. The Mission consists of three associated properties: the main complex of three buildings on Lehua Street and two parcels that make up a hillside Cemetery nearby. The Judo Dojo was initially constructed in 1929 and relocated in 1971. The Social Hall was built in 1970 and dedicated in 1971. The Hongwanji Buddhist Sect has been a focal point of religious and social activities for generations of local Japanese since the first services were conducted in Honoka’a in 1904. The Mission qualifies for Criterion A (Historic Events and Patterns) and Criterion C (Architecture and Engineering).
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.