Historic Properties

Address 45-3568 Mamane Street, Honoka'a, Hawai'i 96727 TMK (3) 4-5-016: 010 SHPD Historic Site Number 50-10-08-30664 Abstract The Bank of Hawai'i, Ltd. building is eligible for the Hawai'i and National Registers of Historic Places at the Local Level under Criteria A (History/Events) and C (Architecture) due to its continued significance as a small town bank branch and its period architecture.  Under Criterion A, the building is a significant reflection of the commercial development of Honoka'a as an important, early twentieth-century trade center for the local (sugar) plantation workers, cattle ranchers, and coffee growers and store owners.  Under Criterion C, the Spanish Mission Revival style Bank of Hawai'i building in Honoka'a exhibits exemplary craftsmanship in its use of materials, method of construction, design, and feeling; and is typical of buildings constructed in a rural community. 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.

Address 45-3720 Honoka'a-Waipi'o Road, Honoka'a, Hawai'i 96727 TMK (3) 4-5-08:012 SHPD Historic Site Number 50-10-08-30666 Abstract The ILWU building is eligible for the Hawai'i and National registers of Historic Places at the Local Level under Criteria A (Events/History) and C (Architecture) due to its continued significance as a community center and its Quonset hut architecture.  Under Criterion A, the building physically represents the embodiment of the unification of many ethnic groups for the goal of achieving equitable labor conditions for those working in the Hamakua sugar industry.  Under Criterion C, it is a good example of a World War II period, SSAR 40 Quonset hut in Hawai'i, and one of the few remaining Quonset huts in the area. 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.

Address 45-3490 Mamane Street, Unit G, Honoka'a, Hawaii 96727 TMK (3) 4-5-006: 014 SHPD Historic Site Number 50-10-08-30665 Abstract First Bank of Hilo, Ltd. building is eligible for the Hawai'i and National Registers of Historic Places at the Local Level under Criteria A (History/Events) and C (Architecture) due to it significance as a small town bank branch and its period architecture.  Under Criteria A, the First Bank of Hilo, Ltd.-Hamakua Branch is a significant reflection of the commercial development of Honoka'a as an important, early twentieth-century trade center for the local (sugar) plantation workers, cattle ranchers, and coffee growers and store owners.  The building is eligible at the Local Level for Criterion C as a good example of adaptive reuse for this commercial plantation-style architecture.  This small town main street commercial building is typical of its period. 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.

Address 45-3525 Mamane Street, Honoka'a, Hawaii 96727 TMK (3) 4-5-005:006 SHPD Historic Site Number 50-10-08-30679 Abstract The Honoka'a United Methodist Church is eligible for the Hawai'i and National Registers of Historic Places at the State Level under Criteria A and C.  Criterion A (History/Events): The Honoka'a Methodist Church is historically important in its function of meeting the religious needs of immigrant populations in Hawai'i.  It served both the Congregationalist and Methodist Protestant Denominations.  Criterion C (Architecture): The Honoka'a Methodist Church building retains its historical integrity in terms of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling and association.  The building is a fine example of Gothic revival style as rendered in wood, reflecting the materials and carpentry skills available at the time of construction. 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.

Address 45-3590 Mamane Street, Honoka'a, Hawai'i, 96727 TMK (3) 4-5-016:015 SHPD Historic Site Number 50-10-08-30680 Abstract The Yamatsuka Store is significant on a state-wide basis for two Criteria.  Under Criterion A (History/Events), the structure typifies the hard work of immigrants to improve their economic status.  Teiji Yamatsuka rose from a store clerk working for others into an independent businessman who owned his own retail business and a large real estate development; he also became a respected community leader.  Under Criterion C (Architecture), the Yamatsuka Store is also significant as an example of the early 20th century single wall, regionally unique, commercial architecture that evolved in the islands.  It retains its integrity in terms of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling and association. 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.

Address 45-3620 Mamane Street, Honoka'a, Hawai'i, 96727 TMK (3) 4-5-016:020 SHPD Historic Site Number 50-10-08-30677 Abstract The Kamekichi and Mika Kotake Store Building is eligible for the Hawai'i and National Registers of Historic Places at the State Level under Criteria A and C.  Criterion A (History/Events):  The Kotake Building is historically important as it represents the development of small businesses outside the plantation hegemony.  Here, small "Mom and Pop" businesses and specialty services were developed and operated.  Criteria C (Architecture):  the Kotake Building retains its integrity and so is an excellent example of plantation era architecture.  The Kotake Building is a structure erected purely for business purposes (it appears on the 1914 Sanborn Map). 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.

Address 45-3577 Mamane Street, Honoka'a, Hawai'i, 96727 TMK (3) 4-5-007:014 SHPD Historic Site Number 50-10-08-30678 Abstract The contributing buildings on the Sakata property are eligible for the Hawaii and National Registers of Historic Places a the State Level under Criteria A and C due to its continuous significance in small town commerce and its period architecture.  Criterion A (History/Events):  The Sakata property is historically important as it represents the development of small businesses outside the plantation hegemony.  Criterion C (Architecture): The Sakata property is also important as it contains excellent examples of plantation era architecture.  The Sakata Commercial Building is an early example of a building erected purely for business purposes, built right up to the front property line, on a concrete foundation; it features turn of the century design as a single story structure, of single vertical tongue and groove walls, and a false front with parapet. 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.