Four Properties Added to the Hawai‘i Register of Historic Places
The Hawai‘i Historic Places Review Board added four properties to the Hawai‘i Register of Historic Places and an amended nomination for an existing property was approved in November 2024. Properties are eligible for inclusion in the register if they meet one or more criteria of historic significance: A) association [...]
Five Maui Historic Restaurants Receive Grant Support
The National Trust for Historic Preservation selected five historic small restaurants on Maui for grant support in response to the economic impacts from the 2023 fires. Small businesses on Maui, heavily reliant on tourism, have weathered a series of devastating challenges over the past five years. The onset of [...]
Historic Hawai‘i Foundation 2025 Mid-Session Legislative Update
3/11/25: As the Hawai‘i State Legislature reached the half-way point of the session, bills that were approved in their assigned committees and three votes by in their full chamber of origin “passed over” to the other chamber. Bills that met the mandatory deadlines are moving [...]
Bringing it All Back Home: Our DIY Historical Designation
By Mindy Pennybacker It began with plaque envy. In 2015, after my husband, Don Wallace, and I had purchased 3052 Hibiscus Drive from my four brothers, we noticed that more than a dozen homes in our neighborhood boasted elegant, bronze plaques identifying them as City and County Historic [...]
Window Repair as a Labor of Love
By Laurel Margerum Growing up, I did not pay much attention to the 120 to 140-year-old windows at my family’s seasonal camp in Maine. I was much more interested in the world to be explored on the other side of the glass, from the rocky islands to be [...]
Hawai‘i State Capitol Reflecting Pools
In August, the Hawai‘i Department of Accounting and General Services (DAGS) issued a Draft Environmental Assessment for public review and comment on the “Rehabilitation of Chambers Level Water Proofing System and Related Improvements” (aka “Hawai‘i Capitol Pools Improvement Project”) for the Hawai‘i State Capitol. DAGS stated that the [...]