Announcing the 2020 Preservation Award Honorees

Historic Hawai‘i Foundation is pleased to announce the honorees for the 46th Annual Historic Preservation Honor Awards.  Inaugurated in 1975, the Historic Preservation Honor Awards are Hawai‘i’s highest recognition of projects, organizations, publications and individuals active in preservation, rehabilitation, restoration, or interpretation of archaeological, architectural, and cultural sites throughout the Hawaiian Islands.

This year’s honorees reflect the rich diversity of Hawai‘i’s history and heritage. Through partnership and engagement, the honorees exemplify the spirit of collaboration in our communities.

The Preservation Honor Awards Ceremony was originally scheduled to be held in May 2020.  However, the current public health crisis caused by COVID-19 has resulted in postponement of the public event.  A new date will be selected and notices sent at a later date. At that time, information about tickets and sponsorship opportunities will be provided.

Congratulations to this year’s outstanding honorees
who help preserve the continuity and character of Hawai‘i’s historic places.

12^th ANNUAL FRANK HAINES AWARD FOR LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT

Photographer David Franzen is being recognized for his outstanding contributions to historic preservation through documentation of the architecture, interior design, and landscapes of the Hawaiian Islands. His images capture people and places—private residences, museums, schools, hotels, corporate offices, military bases, cultural sites, bridges and parks—and reflect the dramatic development and social change Hawai‘i has experienced since the 1970s.

While the body of his work expanded through editorial, documentary and corporate projects, the foundation of his business has remained architecture and interior design.  His published works include the books The Art of Mauna Kea and The View From Diamond Head, calendars for the Department of Land and Natural Resources, and architecture booklets for Historic Hawai‘i Foundation.

Most recently, David has announced that he will donate his work to the Hawai‘i State Archives, helping to promote the understanding, appreciation and preservation of Hawai‘i’s history, aesthetics and architecture. The Library of Congress also has on file thousands of his images in its Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record/Historic American Landscapes Survey Collection.

2020 PRESERVATION HONOR AWARDS

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ACHIEVEMENTS IN INTERPRETIVE MEDIA

• Ford Island Interpretive Trail, Ford Island, O‘ahu
• Francis Haar: Disappearing Honolulu exhibit, A‘ala & Chinatown, O‘ahu
• Rearview Mirror newspaper column by Bob Sigall, Honolulu Star Advertiser
• Voices Behind Barbed Wire: Stories of Hawai‘i documentary, Statewide
• Wailua – Ke Awawa o Na Ali‘i video, Wailua, Kaua‘i

INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT

• Sharon Hayden, Volunteer, King Kamehameha I Statue, North Kohala, Hawai‘i Island
• Ka‘āina S. Hull, Director, Department of Planning, County of Kaua‘i
• Maile Melrose, Historian and Author, Amy B.H. Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden and Kona Historical Society, Hawai‘i Island
• Nanette Napoleon, Cemetery Historian and Author, O‘ahu and Moloka‘i
• Peter T. Young, Historian and Planner, Statewide

ACHIEVEMENTS IN NEW CONSTRUCTION

• Diamond Head State Monument Rockfall Mitigation, Diamond Head, O‘ahu
• Lua Kupapao O Nohili Crypt at U.S. Navy Pacific Missile Range Facility, Barking Sands, Kaua‘i

PROGRAMMATIC AWARD

• Burbank Street Neighborhood, Liliha, O‘ahu
• Hale Pili Construction and Training Program, Hawaiian Mission Houses Historic Site and Archives, Honolulu, O‘ahu
• Ho‘opa‘i Archaeology Apprenticeship, Mākena, Maui
• My Name is ‘Ōpūkaha‘i‘a with Moses Goods, Statewide and Continental United States
• Mural Wall at the Nisei Veterans Memorial Center, Kahului, Maui

PROJECT AWARD

• Ala Moana Pumping Station Screen House and Pump Station Rehabilitation, Kaka‘ako, O‘ahu
• Battleship USS Missouri Memorial Aft Superstructure Preservation, Ford Island, O‘ahu
• F. Garcia Building Rehabilitation, Paia, Maui
• Lāna‘i City Housing Rehabilitation and Reconstruction, Lāna‘i City, Lāna‘i
• McKinley High School Building W Rehabilitation, Honolulu, O‘ahu
• Palm Circle Rehabilitation of Two Residences, Ft. Shafter, O‘ahu

ANNIVERSARY RECOGNITIONS

The Preservation Awards also honors the major anniversaries of local organizations, companies and historic places, commemorating their success and longevity in serving as vital contributors to our communities.

200 YEARS – BICENTENNTIAL

• Mission Houses Historic Site & Archive/Hawai‘i Missionary Children’s Society, Honolulu, O‘ahu
• Mokuaikaua Church, Kailua-Kona, Hawai‘i Island
• The Waimea Mission Church, Waimea, Kaua‘i
• Kawaiaha‘o Church, Capitol District, O‘ahu

175 YEARS – DODRANSBICENTENNIAL

• Kaniakapupu, Summer Residence of King Kamehameha III and Queen Kalama, Nu‘uanu, O‘ahu

150 YEARS – SESQUICENTENNIAL

• Alexander & Baldwin, O‘ahu, Maui and Kaua‘i

125 YEARS – QUASQUICENTENNIAL

• Polynesian Hall at Bishop Museum, O‘ahu
• Charles Gay Residence, Waimea, Kaua‘i

100 YEARS

• Cooke Foundation, Ltd.
• Hawaiian Mission Academy
• Honolulu Community College
• Ishiharaya
• Kamehameha Highway
• Kamehameha Schools Song Contest
• Straub Medical Center

See All Past Award Winners

View the entire list of Historic Preservation Honor Award winners from 1975 to the present

ABOUT THE PRESERVATION HONOR AWARDS

Since 1975, the Historic Hawai‘i Foundation has selected historic preservation honor award winners throughout the State of Hawai‘i.  The Historic Preservation Honor Awards are Hawai‘i’s highest recognition of projects, organizations, publications or individuals active in preservation, rehabilitation, restoration, or interpretation of the State’s archaeological, architectural, and cultural sites.  The Preservation Honor Awards are designed to recognize achievements in interpreting, preserving or restoring Hawai‘i’s historic and cultural resources.

Nominations are considered by a committee of professionals who are invited to serve on the Historic Preservation Honor Awards Committee.  Each nomination is considered on its own merit and not in competition with others.  The Committee reserves the right to select multiple awards or no awards in each category.  Nominations from all counties are encouraged.