Address
425 North King Street, Honolulu
TMK
(1) 1- 5-007:003
SHPD Historic Site Number
Not Yet Available
Historic Designations:
Hawai‘i Register of Historic Places
Abstract
The Wood Tenement Buildings behind Tong Fat Company are significant under Criterion A for their association with and development of the A’ala neighborhood and the Japanese and Chinese communities. Also significant under Criterion C, the buildings are a rare example of an early 20th century Plantation style tenement cluster. Design elements include single wall construction, horizontal girths and lava rock walls. Built in 1915, they are the only surviving buildings of the historic A’ala neighborhood that under the direction of B.F. Dillingham who had acquired the locale, filled in and created a tract which became an industrial area. Transport and work was located nearby and the neighborhood thrived. These buildings survived despite the demolition of many areas considered slums during the urban renewal movement of the 1950s and 1960s.
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.