Address
3218 Melemele Place, Honolulu
TMK
290700030000
SHPD Historic Site Number
Not Yet Available
Abstract
The King Residence was designed and constructed by Alfred Preis, a Honolulu based master architect. Preis was commissioned by Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. King in 1957 to create a modern style home that fit with the terrain and showcased spectacular vistas of Mānoa Valley. The King Residence is significant under Criterion C. The house follows an elongated rectangular plan and is rendered in a modern style with built-up, low-pitched shed-roof with an intrinsic overhanging deck supported by steel pipe trusses. It sits partially on concrete masonry retention walls and the steel trusses that are each supported by individual footings.
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