Address
4241 Kekuanaoa Ln, Princeville, HI 96722
TMK
540090360000
SHPD Historic Site Number
N/A
Abstract
The Carswell Residence is located in Princeville on the North Shore of the Island of Kauaʻi, and was one of the first houses to be constructed in Princeville at the Hanalei resort community. The majority of the house’s original design features and materials are still extant: its linear massing, built into the sloped site, gable roof with open eaves, lava rock chimney, unadorned rough sawn redwood siding, and redwood windows and doors at the exterior, as well as its open floor plan, exposed wood beam ceilings, rough sawn redwood board-and-batten and plaster walls, built-in seating nooks, and lava rock chimney at the interior. Completed in 1972, the single-family house has three levels and was designed by architect Douglas Ackerman. The Carswell Residence is significant under Criterion B for its association with Donn Carswell, project manager and chief engineer of the Princeville community’s initial development in the late 1960s and early 1970s. It is also significant under Criterion C.
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