Sharing Stories About Places at the Sketching Kaimukī Workshop
Utilizing Art to Experience Place On Saturday, March 2, Historic Hawai‘i Foundation collaborated with artist Brady Evans to hold a sketching workshop at da Shop, a bookstore located on Harding Avenue in Kaimukī. A group of 20 participants assembled to create illustrated stories inspired by one of their favorites places. [...]
Preservation Month: How An Ingenious Solution Saved the Day in the St. Peter’s Stained Glass Window Project
The Saint Peter's Episcopal Church in downtown Honolulu will receive a Preservation Honor Award on May 31 for their church preservation project. The project provided much needed repairs, upgrades and improvements while maintaining the historic integrity and character of the church and parish hall. Adding stained glass at the alter [...]
Preservation Month: Iconic Oʻahu Cemetery Celebrates its 175th Anniversary this August
Oʻahu Cemetery Burial Ground and Historic Site By Nanette Napoleon Along the busy thoroughfare which is upper Nuʻuanu Avenue in Honolulu, sits an 18-acre parcel of land adorned with large beautiful heritage trees and an array of thousands of lovely upright tombstones; each having a unique personal story to tell. [...]
Celebrate Statewide Achievements in Preservation with HHF at the 45th Annual Honor Awards Program
Community advocate, Native Hawaiian consultant and preservationist Māhealani Cypher to Receive 11th Annual Frank Haines Award Historic Hawai‘i Foundation will honor exemplary achievements in historic preservation at a ceremony and reception at YWCA Laniākea in Honolulu on Friday, May 31, 2019 from 5:00 to 8:00 PM. Presented annually since 1975, [...]
ACTION ALERT: National Register Nominations Under Threat!
Submit Comments by April 30th Opposing Proposed Rule Changes to National Register of Historic Places WHAT Proposed revisions to the National Register of Historic Places would substantially impact how historic resources are nominated to the National Register of Historic Places and determined eligible. The National Park Service is accepting public comments [...]
ACTION ALERT: Submit testimony in support of Historic Preservation Tax Credit Bill HB 1533
Photo above: Kunia Village Housing Development, Kunia, O‘ahu. The former plantation camp was rehabilitated to provide low-income housing to farm workers and their families. The project utilized a federal historic tax credit. February 15, 2019: Check back next week when we will provide updates on the status of two bills [...]