Address
3833 Old Pali Road, Honolulu, Hawaii 96817
TMK
(1) 2-9-070:022
SHPD Historic Site Number
Not Yet Available
Historic Designations:
Hawai‘i Register of Historic Places
Abstract
The James and Tomi Knaefler Residence is significant as a modern style house built in the 1960s with strong Japanese influences. Features include a redwood tongue and groove and pitched roof, open beamed ceilings, cork floor, screen walls, built in cabinets, drawers and desk and a totally open bedroom with shoji to close it off. The floor is shiplap siding. The bathroom includes a furo (deep tub) and small tile. The house, built in three phases: 1960, 1967, 1977. It was the work of a master, architect Stephen Oyakawa. Oyakawa was born in Kahaluʻu on O‘ahu and worked for Frank Lloyd Wright until Wright died then returned to Honolulu and opened his own firm. He designed several well-known buildings including Kapahulu Liliha and ‘Aiea Public Libraries, Moanalua Intermediate School, and circular shaped buildings on the University of Hawai‘i campus.
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.