Nineteen Properties Added to the Hawai‘i Register of Historic Places
9/21/20: The Hawai‘i Historic Places Review Board added nineteen properties to the Hawai‘i Register of Historic Places in May 2020 and approved updates to three properties previously listed on the historic register. Properties are eligible for inclusion in the register if they meet one or more criteria of historic significance: A) association with broad patterns or events; B) associations with historic individuals; C) architecture and design; or D) likely to yield important information. Yamato Store and Garage, Hawai‘i Island The Yamamoto Store and Garage, built in 1919, was a retail store and garage with a second story dedicated to residential space. The store and garage are significant under Criterion A at the local level typifying structures illustrative of the hard work of immigrants to improve their economic status and as an incubator for the entrepreneurial dreams of Japanese Issei and Nisei to find employment off the plantations. Kojiro Yamato’s success in farming paved the way for him to establish successful enterprises that in turn allowed him to support a large family and provide advanced education and new career opportunities for the next generation. It is also significant under Criterion C as a good example of plantation era architecture of a commercial building constructed in Hawai‘i comprised of wood, single-wall construction and an early example of building a structure for commercial purposes up to the street property line. The Yamato Store, with its façade’s display windows, recessed entry, double-hung windows, bracketed cornice, and façade-length pent-roofed awning is typical of these early twentieth century wood commercial buildings. It is also an outstanding example of the growing impact of “automobile prosperity” in rural Hawaiʻi in the 1920s. 1210 Ward Avenue Office Building, O‘ahu The 1210 Ward Avenue Office [...]