Address
4428 Rice Street, Lihue, Kauai 96766
4428 Rice Street, Lihue, Kauai 96766
TMK
(4) 3-6-005:005
SHPD Historic Site Number
30-11-9344
National Register of Historic Places
#79000760
Abstract
The Albert Spencer Wilcox Building was designed as a single storied structure of beige concrete and native black and brown lava rock with a half basement and a high-pitched blue tile roof. Although originally used as a library, it currently is a museum. The Albert Spencer Wilcox Building is a particularly fine example of a truly indigenous style of architecture, completely original to Hawaii with no counterpart anywhere else and is one of the few surviving Hart Wood designed buildings on the island of Kauai. As a museum it has become a center of information exchange on subjects and activities concerning Kauai.
The Albert Spencer Wilcox Building was designed as a single storied structure of beige concrete and native black and brown lava rock with a half basement and a high-pitched blue tile roof. Although originally used as a library, it currently is a museum. The Albert Spencer Wilcox Building is a particularly fine example of a truly indigenous style of architecture, completely original to Hawaii with no counterpart anywhere else and is one of the few surviving Hart Wood designed buildings on the island of Kauai. As a museum it has become a center of information exchange on subjects and activities concerning Kauai.
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.