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1920 Pauoa Road / Iida Residence

Address 1920 Pauoa Road, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813 TMK (1) 2-2-010:019 SHPD Historic Site Number 50-80-14-08797 Abstract Approved for Criterion B (Important Person) and C (Architecture and Engineering).  The Iida residence is significant under Criteria B for its association with Koichi Iida, the founder of the Iida Store and a well known Hawaiian business man who was an influential member of the Japanese community until his death in 1973.  Architecturally, this house is of artistic value and is one of the few remaining examples of the Craftsman style with Japanese influenced design and elements that existed in this area.  This house is significant on the state level for the period of 1928, when the residence was constructed, until 1973 when Koichi Ida passed away. 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.

2019-11-05T11:32:24-10:00January 17th, 2019|Categories: Historic Properties|Tags: |

Update on the Campaign to Save Lihue Post Office!

UPDATE - 1/17/2019 - USPS announced the historic Līhu‘e Post Office will remain open! HHF joined with the County of Kaua‘i,  Līhu‘e Business Association, National Trust for Historic Preservation and scores of community members to save the civic building in the heart of the Līhu‘e Civic Center. Our beloved post office will remain part of the history of Līhu‘e and Kauai thanks to a grassroots coalition of advocates. Mahalo to all who joined the effort! The Honolulu Star Advertiser reports the USPS decision in its January 17, 2019 edition. USPS ANNOUNCES DECISION TO CLOSE HISTORIC LĪHU‘E POST OFFICE 12/6/2017: The United States Postal Service (USPS) announced its final decision to close the historic post office on Rice Street in Lihue, Kaua‘i, via letter to Kaua‘i Mayor Bernard Carvalho dated November 29. USPS received over a thousand written comments in opposition to the proposal to “relocate retail services” from the historic facility to the Līhu‘e Carrier Annex on Kapule Highway. Letters in opposition to the move were sent to USPS by Historic Hawai‘i Foundation, Līhu‘e Business Association, National Trust for Historic Preservation, Mayor Carvalho, U.S. Senators Mazie Hirono and Brian Schatz, Governor David Ige, State Senate President Ron Kouchi and other officials. Over 850 postcards and 116 coconut mailers were also sent to oppose the move. Many citizens and residents sent individual letters and signed an online petition to save the historic post office. Despite the overwhelming opposition of the community, USPS stated that “the Postal Service has determined that the relocation is the optimal solution to satisfy the Postal Service’s need to improve operational efficiency, and reduce the financial burdens facing the Postal Service.” At the February 23, 2017 public meeting, the USPS representative [...]

2023-01-19T13:14:56-10:00January 17th, 2019|Categories: Advocacy, Blog|Tags: |

Hawai‘i Capital Historic District Story Map Tour & Reception

CLICK HERE To access the Hawai‘i Capital Historic District Story Map on your phone or tablet for a self guided tour The Hawai‘i Capital Historic District Story Map tour incorporates public art, architecture, history and technology sharing information about this special historic neighborhood listed on the Hawai‘i State Register of Historic Places.  Click on the link above from your smart phone or tablet and begin! There are 32 stops that may be followed sequentially but it is not required. The Hawai‘i Capital Historic District Story Map was developed out of a collaboration between Historic Hawai‘i Foundation, Cultural Surveys Hawai‘i  and students from Mid-Pacific Institute. The Story Map Tour & Reception on January 26 shared art, architecture, culture and history and technology More than 80 people joined Historic Hawai‘i  Foundation and our  project partners from  Cultural Surveys Hawai‘i  and Mid-Pacific Institute on the inaugural Story Map tour on Saturday, January 26, 2019. Volunteer docents from AHL, PBR Hawai‘i and Cultural Surveys along with two student docents from Mid-Pacific Institute shared history, art, architecture and site-based stories with attendees at 12 sites along the larger tour route. Docent attended sites included: No. 1 Capitol District Building, Young Womens Chrisian Association (YWCA), King Kalākaua Building (Old Federal Building), Ali‘iōlani Hale (State Supreme Court), Kapuāiwa Building, Kekuanaoa Building (Territorial Office Building), Kawaiaha‘o Church / Grounds, Mission Houses, Honolulu Hale, Hawai‘i State Library, Kanaina Building (old archives building), ‘Iolani Palace / Grounds, Keliiponi Hale / The Coronation Pavilion, ‘Iolani Barracks (Halekoa), The Spirit of Lili‘uokalani Statue, Father Damien Statue and the State Capitol Building. The Story Map lives on line and may be accessed for a self-guided tour from a smart phone or tablet. Check back again as additional content will be added for [...]

2019-06-24T13:46:24-10:00December 28th, 2018|Categories: Blog, Events - Past|

You Want to Put Your Home on the Register, Now What?

Perhaps you’ve just closed on your “new” historic home or inherited your childhood dwelling and you’re considering nominating it to the Hawai‘i State Register of Historic Places.  Here are some useful tips and resources to help you on your way. How do I get started? Download Historic Hawai‘i Foundation’s “Guide for Nominating Residences to the Hawai‘i Register of Historic Places” at this link: https://historichawaii.org/resource-center-2/register-guide/  This comprehensive manual can walk you step-by-step through the process. Why List? Does your home tell a piece of the collective story of our history? Listing honors a residence by recognizing its importance to the community, State, or the Nation and by deeming it to be worthy of preservation. Everyone benefits from preserving our historic resources, which are an integral part of the familiar local landscapes of our island home. Recognizing this importance, the government offers certain tax incentives such as the Federal Rehabilitation Tax Credit. This federal program is applicable for income-producing residential homes certified as historic or listed on the Register. While owner-occupied residences are not eligible, historic properties, or a portion thereof, used as a source of rental income (for example as a Bed and Breakfast operation) would qualify. You can learn more here https://www.nps.gov/tps/tax-incentives.htm At the county level, Honolulu, Kaua‘i, Maui, and Hawai‘i, offer tax relief for owners of residences listed on the Hawai‘i Register. These programs are similar in each County and offer a property tax exemption from real property taxation for homes listed on the Register. More information is available at https://historichawaii.org/resource-center-2/tax-info/ How do I know if my home is eligible? In deciding whether a residence should be placed on the Hawai‘i Register, state law requires that the Hawai‘i Historic Places Review [...]

2018-12-21T00:58:30-10:00December 21st, 2018|Categories: Ask an Expert|

Hawaiian Diacritical Marks

By Lilinoe Andrews Specialist, University of Hawaiʻi – West Oʻahu Hawaiian diacritical marks comprise just two symbols: the glottal stop (ʻokina) and the macron (kahakō). Are they important? Worth the extra time it takes to insert them into your text? That depends, so let’s discuss. Simply speaking, the two diacritical marks are a way to show how a Hawaiian word should sound to a person unfamiliar with a particular word. More importantly, those two little marks are keeping the Hawaiian language alive. In 1826, a committee of seven missionary gentlemen thought diacriticals were important enough to wrestle mightily with them in the challenge to put the once oral language to print. They decided, after doing similar work in Tahiti, that Hawaiian should have just twelve letters. The ʻokina appeared in Andrews’ dictionary in 1865 and the kahakō in Judd, Pukui, and Stokes’ dictionary and grammar in 1945. In 1978 the ʻAhahui ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi published “Recommendations and Comments on the Hawaiian Spelling Project” and standardized the use of the ʻokina and kahakō. Not only do the ʻokina and kahakō change the sound of a word, they often end up changing its meaning. For example, these are separate words: pau=completed paʻu=soot paʻū=damp, soaked pāʻū=woman’s skirt Diacriticals are important to keeping Hawaiian (the fastest growing native language in the U.S.) alive because they help expand the lexicon and give the language the subtlety that fluent speakers know by heart. And they are helpful for those unfamiliar with the language, like little cheat marks to keep you from getting your pāʻū all paʻū. Your kumu hula would not be happy. There are a few contexts where diacriticalizing is not seen. For example, in the Niʻihau church where the [...]

2018-12-21T00:46:58-10:00December 21st, 2018|Categories: Trends & Issues|

2019 Preservation Honor Awards Call for Nominations

Do you know of an outstanding preservation project completed within the past two years? Nominate it for Historic Hawaii Foundation’s Preservation Honor Awards! Nominations are due by February 11, 2019. The 45th Annual Preservation Honor Awards Ceremony will be held in Honolulu on May 31, 2019.

2019-02-15T11:51:20-10:00December 19th, 2018|Categories: Uncategorized|

Honoka’a Garage / Honoka’a

Address 45-3586 Mamane Street, Honoka'a, Hawaii 96727 TMK (3) 4-5-016:049 SHPD Historic Site Number Not Available Abstract Approved for Criterion A (Historic Events and Patterns) and Criterion C (Architecture and Engineering).  The Honoka'a Garage is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad development patterns of Honoka'a and Hawaiian history in the area of commerce, as an important later nineteenth/early twentieth-century automotive servicing center for the local (sugar) plantation workers, ranchers, and independent farmers.   The Honoka'a Garage is a good example of vernacular commercial "plantation" style architecture - a wood commercial building constructed in Hawai'i which adapted well to a wide variety of commercial uses. 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.

2018-11-29T16:25:20-10:00November 29th, 2018|Categories: Historic Properties|Tags: |

3288 Huelani Drive / George and Janet Wimberly Residence

Address 3288 Huelani Drive, Honolulu 96822 TMK (1) 2-9-034:004 SHPD Historic Site Number 50-80-14-08207 Abstract Approved for Criterion C (Architecture and Engineering).  The George Wimberly residence is significant as a good example of a modern style house built in Honolulu following World War II.  The house includes a number of distinctive features and is typical of its period in its design, materials, workmanship and methods of construction.  It is also architecturally significant as a dwelling designed by the firm of Wimberly & Cook, which would emerge as one of the foremost architectural firms working in the hospitality and resort design field during the later twentieth century. 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.

2018-11-29T15:31:05-10:00November 28th, 2018|Categories: Historic Properties|Tags: |

2408 & 2414 Burbank Street / Waterhouse Walker Residence

Address 2408 & 2414 Burbank Street, Honolulu 96817 TMK (1) 1-8-006:021 SHPD Historic Site Number 50-80-14-08739 Abstract Approved for Criterion A (Historical Events and Patterns) and Criterion C (Architecture and Engineering).  The two homes located on 2408 and 2414 Burbank Street are known as the Waterhouse-Walker residences.  The Waterhouse-Walker Residences have contributed to the broad patterns of development in the history of Hawaii during a time of tremendous growth of the outlying neighborhoods of Honolulu in the late 1920s as part of the Burbank Tract Development.  Architecturally, these houses are of artistic value and are two valuable and intact remaining examples of the Craftsman style homes that existed in this area. 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.

2018-12-05T10:40:01-10:00November 28th, 2018|Categories: Historic Properties|Tags: |

2902 Komai’a Place / Claude and Myrtle Swann Residence

Address 2902 Komai'a Place, Honolulu 96822 TMK (1) 2-9-017:026 SHPD Historic Site Number 50-80-14-08745 Abstract Approved for Criterion C (Architecture and Engineering).  The Swann Residence is significant on the local level under Criterion C, as a good example of a Spanish mission revival style house built in Honolulu during the late 1920s and early 1930s.  The style began in California during the late 19th century inspired by the 18th century Spanish Missions in California and the southwest.  The style is characterized by its minimal ornamentation, clay tile roofs, stucco walls and use of round arched openings.  The architect of the Swann house was Robert Miller. 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.

2018-11-29T15:28:14-10:00November 28th, 2018|Categories: Historic Properties|Tags: |
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