Address
2035 Round Top Drive Honolulu, Hawaii 96822
TMK
(1) 2-5-007:0112
SHPD Historic Site Number
Not Yet Available
Historic Designations:
Hawai‘i Register of Historic Places
Abstract
Constructed in 1930, the Dr. Hans and Clara Zimmerman Residence is significant as a good example of Mediterranean Revival architecture in a modern style. Architect Ray Morris incorporated Spanish Mission elements including stucco and round arches. Modern elements include built in shelves and hutch, an Asian motif in the balustrade, common in Hawai‘i at the time, geometric design cabinets and stairway using sheet metal ornamentation. The house was originally a single-story Mediterranean style, masonry dwelling to which a frame second story was added in 1939. The Zimmerman residence presents a distinct statement of the emerging tropical modern form, as a result of its blending the modern style with the pre-existing Mediterranean style house. The general hallmarks of the Mediterranean revival style such as the first story’s stucco walls, the round arched openings of the porches, and the rear and side porch’s framed round arches with keystones, remain, but are subservient to the more tropical modern aspects of the house.
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