Historic Properties

Address 34 Kaapuni Dr, Kailua, HI 96734 TMK 230370060000 SHPD Historic Site Number N/A Abstract The Carlos and Altha Panfiglio Residence is located on a beach front property in a residential neighborhood in Kailua. The house is significant under Criterion C as an outstanding example of prominent Honolulu architect Alfred Preis’s residential work in the early 1950s. Constructed in 1952, the home is rendered in a modern Hawaiian style typical of Preis’s work with its fine attention to detail, flowing indoor-outdoor relationships, numerous built-in pieces, and emphasis on clean, modern lines, a multiplicity of textures, and dramatic spaces. Superb design examples include the dramatically long pergola covered walkway with its distinctive tile paving, a floating ceiling transcending the living room-dining room partition wall and the natural colored fluted walls, recessed ceiling, concealed door and pergola ceiling element in the entry hall.

Address 2895 Komaia Pl, Honolulu, HI 96822 TMK 290170320000 SHPD Historic Site Number N/A Abstract The Charles E. Meyer Residence built in 1951 and designed by architect Phillip Fisk, is situated in a quiet residential neighborhood in Mānoa. The Meyer Residence is significant under Criterion C for its Modern style, including the use of indirect lighting in the living rooms of the main and lower floors, the kitchen’s rectangular and square inset ceiling lights, horizontal panes in the downstairs’ living room’s door, use of extruded mortar joints in the driveway planter’s wall, and the cantilevered upper story. The house integrates many Hawai‘i-inspired elements including the lava rock fireplace, mail box post, and foundation; the lanai running across its façade; and the extensive use of double hung and sliding windows, canec ceilings and louvered doors.

Address 2244 Round Top Dr, Honolulu, HI 96822 TMK 250060220000 SHPD Historic Site Number N/A Abstract Constructed in 1973 by architect W.B. “Chip” Detweiler as his private residence in a quiet residential neighborhood on Makiki Heights, the Detweiler Residence is an exemplary model of Tropical Modernism, emphasizing structural innovation, form and function to create a space that gracefully integrates with its setting and environment. The three-story house sits on a concrete foundation, has concrete stucco block walls and a flat roof of standing seam metal. The verticality of the white, masonry house is broken by bands of unpainted, horizontal lap siding found above the garage door, in the cantilevered third story balcony’s balustrade and the overhanging, flat roof’s fascia. The Detweiler Residence is significant under Criterion C.

Address 2933 Laukoa Pl b, Honolulu, HI 96813 TMK 220300490000 SHPD Historic Site Number N/A Abstract The George T. Kluegel Residence is significant under Criterion A for its association with the earliest development, estimated to be circa 1900, of the Pacific Heights subdivision of Honolulu, one of the first real estate development in Honolulu. The main residence is also significant under Criterion C, for the distinctive characteristics of the Dutch Colonial Revival architectural style. Notable character-defining features include the gambrel roof, dormers, neoclassical cast iron columns, and original ‘ōhi‘a wood floors. The associated bungalow, built in 194, exhibits a local vernacular architecture with its wide overhanging eaves, vertical wood plank exterior, and simplistic design, and the carport is similar with its wooden posts, low-pitch gabled roof, and lava rock rear retaining wall and is also significant under Criterion C.

Address 3196 Diamond Head Rd, Honolulu, HI 96815 TMK 310350020002 SHPD Historic Site Number N/A Abstract Construction of the Joseph and Joan Farrell Residence commenced in 1978 and was completed in 1984. The house was designed by owner Joseph Farrell who was among the preeminent architects in Hawai‘i to work in the Brutalist style. The house, integrated into the side of Diamond Head, is a bold and meticulous example of Tropical Brutalism which integrates verdant foliage, natural ventilation and a greater sense of openness into the Brutalist model known for its use of unpainted, bare concrete; angular, rigid geometric shapes and often heavy, bulky presence. The five-story house sits on poured in place, concrete cylinders, which extend from the bedrock of Diamond Head to the top story of the house. The dwelling transcends the ordinary by being built “upside down,” with its primary public living space and kitchen at the top and the more private bedroom and office spaces below. To further accentuate its uniqueness, rooms are articulated in various geometric shapes, including equilateral, isosceles and right triangles, circles, rectangles and a hexagonal lozenge, with each floor offering distinctive spatial experiences. The house exudes a high level of craftsmanship and meticulous attention to detail. The nomination is being submitted to the National Park Service for inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places under Criterion C as an excellent example of Modern Tropical Brutalist style and Criterion G as a property that has achieved significance within the last 50 years. While nominated to the National Register, it is not yet eligible for the Hawai‘i State Register which requires properties to be 50 years or older. [...]

Address 3218 Melemele Place, Honolulu TMK 290700030000 SHPD Historic Site Number Not Yet Available Abstract The King Residence was designed and constructed by Alfred Preis, a Honolulu based master architect. Preis was commissioned by Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. King in 1957 to create a modern style home that fit with the terrain and showcased spectacular vistas of Mānoa Valley. The King Residence is significant under Criterion C. The house follows an elongated rectangular plan and is rendered in a modern style with built-up, low-pitched shed-roof with an intrinsic overhanging deck supported by steel pipe trusses. It sits partially on concrete masonry retention walls and the steel trusses that are each supported by individual footings.

Address 2206 University Ave., Honolulu TMK 290020050000 SHPD Historic Site Number Not Yet Available Abstract The Kazuo and Mary Yamane residence is a two-story house originally constructed in 1911 for H. Stewart Johnson, the Honolulu city engineer at the time. After being purchased by Kazuo and Mary Yamane in 1958, it was heavily redesigned in 1960 by Honolulu architect Ernest Hara.  The house sits on a lava rock and post and pier foundation. The wall of the façade is of raked concrete, horizontal lap siding and vertical tongue and groove, while the rear and side walls are of clapboard. Such elements as the shoji, demado and rankan, the use of vertical wood slat screens, paneled ceilings, and hip gablet roofs, all bestow a Japanese feeling. The Yamane Residence is significant on the local level under Criterion A for its associations with the development of the College Hills subdivision; under Criterion B for its associations with Kazuo Yamane; under Criterion C for its design.