Stangenwald Building, Honolulu
Address 119 Merchant Street, Honolulu, HI 96813 TMK (1) 2-1-013:005 SHPD Historic Site Number 50-80-14-09905 Abstract Approved for Criterion C (Architecture and Engineering). The Stangenwald Building in downtown Honolulu is a six-story Renaissance Revival office building with Italianate detailing. It was completed in 1901 and was designed by noted Hawaii architects Charles W. Dickey and Clinton B. Ripley. The Stangenwald Building is associated with the early commercial development of Honolulu and was the first "skyscraper" and the first "fire-proof" building in Hawaii. It was Honolulu's tallest office building in the city for nearly fifty years, and held the offices of a number of very influential individuals and companies. This list of Hawaii’s historic properties is provided as a public service by Historic Hawaii Foundation. It is not the official list of properties designated on the Hawaii State Register of Historic Places. For official designations and determinations of eligibility, contact the State Historic Preservation Division of the Department of Land and Natural Resources of the State of Hawaii at 808-692-8015.