Preservation Guidance for Flooding and Severe Weather Damage
The State of Hawai‘i has experienced extreme flooding this past week, causing significant damage to historic communities, neighborhoods and businesses. To support our friends and neighbors affected by this crisis, Historic Hawai‘i Foundation shares expertise from FEMA and other resources on how to salvage family heirlooms and repair historic properties. [...]
HHF Staff Share Quarantine Hacks
March 16th will mark one year since HHF staff started working from home. While this has presented unexpected positive outcomes for our small team, we’re all feeling some stir-craziness and suspect we're not alone (though still in isolation). To encourage everyone to hang in there, we’ve decided to share some [...]
The Extraordinary Life of Beatrice Kapua’okalani Hilmer Krauss
Beatrice K.H. Krauss, PhD Ethnobotanist, Teacher, Activist and much more... (August 4, 1903 – March 5, 1998) By HHF volunteer Rona Holub Beatrice Krauss was born in Honolulu on August 4, 1903 on the grounds of the original Kamehameha School in Kapālama (while her father was a teacher there). [...]
Hawai‘i State Tax Credit for Historic Rehabilitation
The State of Hawai‘i offers a historic preservation income tax credit for the rehabilitation of historic structures. See HRS Sec. 235-110.97 (2019). The tax credit took effect on July 1, 2019 and is authorized for five years. The tax credit is available for 30% of the qualified expenditures to [...]
Community Partnership to Preserve Alakoko Fishpond through Purchase and Stewardship
Feb. 5, 2021: Mālama Hulēʻia is collaborating with the Trust for Public Land to purchase the 600-year old Alakoko Fishpond (also known as Alekoko Fishpond and Menehune Fishpond) on Kauaʻi for $3 million. The nonprofit has already been at work for the past few years to restore the pond, remove [...]
HHF Monitoring Legislative Bills Related to Historic Preservation, Land Use, Environment and Specific Sites
February 5, 2021: The opening session of the 2021 Hawaii State Legislature was held on January 20th. Historic Hawai‘i Foundation has identified some 20 bills directly related to historic preservation and another 75 related to environment, land use, development, culture, burials or specific historic sites. HHF Executive Director Kiersten Faulkner [...]