Historic Properties

Address 58 Robinson Lane, Honolulu HI 96816 TMK (1) 1-8-003:005 SHPD Historic Site Number 80-14-9791 Abstract The Clinton Briggs Ripley Homestead in lower Nu'uanu has four houses designed in different yet compatible styles, which share a large, sloping yard shaded by mature trees and are connected by concrete stepping stones.  The family compound is significant for its architecture and for its association with Clinton Briggs Ripley, a notable architect in Hawaii who designed all the houses. Because Ripley was one of the earliest architects in Hawaii, there is little remaining of his work, making this compound a very rare and significant example of his work. Ripley built and resided in House #52, which he designed in 1895 in the Italianate style.  He then designed and built the other three homes for his daughters between 1919-1921. Two homes, #54 & #56, are designed in the Craftsman Bungalow style, and the third #58, and most elaborate, in the Neoclassical style. A carriage house/maid's quarters was constructed to the north west of House #58. Although each house is built in a style that was popular in America at its time, the use of lanais, wide overhangs and large windows show a consciousness of Hawaii's climate. The family has remained continuously on this property for the last 100 years. 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 2339 Pikake Place, Honolulu HI 96817 TMK (1) 1-8-005:014 SHPD Historic Site Number 80-14-9026 Abstract The Stuart & Elizabeth Frazier Tompkins Residence is a modest Colonial Revival style house constructed in Hawaii in the early 1930's.  The house with its one and a half story scale, lateral running, steep, shake shingle, gable roof, double hung windows, and prominent, outset, gable roofed entry, well characterizes the English or Williamsburg Colonial Revival style of the dwelling.  The primary variance from the ideal form for that style is the building’s lack of symmetry, a common occurrence in Colonial Revival style houses constructed in Hawaii.  In this house, as in numerous others in the islands, the desire for a sunroom, with large sliding windows is what breaks the symmetry.  In addition, the rear enclosed lanai is another Hawaii departure from the more typical U.S. Mainland examples of the style. 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 2350 & 2370 Nuuanu Avenue, Honolulu HI 96817 TMK (1) 1-8-005:031 SHPD Historic Site Number 80-14-9778 Abstract The George Robert Ewart House was built in 1906 in lower Nuuanu. It is significant for its architecture and its association with Ewart, who was the manager of several large plantations and also knowledgeable in locomotive engineering. The house is an excellent example of vernacular architecture used for plantation manager homes throughout Hawaii at the turn of the twentieth century. The simple board and batten construction and large entry porch and large double hung windows are particularly well suited to both the climate and informal living of this 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 420 Wyllie Street, Honolulu HI 96817 TMK (1) 1-8-006:007 SHPD Historic Site Number 80-14-1326 Abstract This elegant Hawaiian home was built for prominent Honolulu businessman John Thomas Waterhouse Jr. The house was constructed sometime between 1884 and 1888 and is situated in Nu'uanu Valley on Wyllie Street. Significant for its architecture, the wood-frame, two-story building is supported by a post and stone foundation. It is rectangular in plan, with a full open porch extending to the Diamond Head porte cochere. The home is the second oldest home in Nu'uanu Valley, and one of the oldest wood-framed structures in the state. 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 1176 Alewa Drive, Honolulu HI 96817 TMK (1) 1-8-033:007 SHPD Historic Site Number 80-14-9033 Abstract The Jennings Residence is a Colonial Revival style house constructed in Hawaii in the 1920's, which has been adapted to address the Islands’ climatic situation. The house sits on the uphill side of Alewa Drive with views of downtown Honolulu and the Pacific Ocean. It is a two-story house that sits on a heavily vegetated and terraced, 8,500 square foot lot. Rendered in a Colonial Revival style, the asymmetric house is distinguished by a single story, pedimented portico with Tuscan columns and a broken pediment which is centered on the 31 x 32 foot main body of the house. The rectangular shaped house has clapboard walls on the exterior, and is sheltered by a hipped roof with overhanging, enclosed eaves. 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 1108 Kaumailuna Place, Honolulu, HI, 96817 TMK (1) 1-8-033:066 SHPD Historic Site Number 80-14-9013 Abstract The Lyman Residence, located in the Alewa Heights suburb of Honolulu, was built between 1917 and 1919 for Frederick Snowden and Mary Babcock Lyman during the first wave of upper-middle-class residential development in the area. The house is significant for its architecture as an example of a Shingle style home built during the early part of the 20th century in Honolulu. It is a two-story wood frame house with a modified rectangular plan, front-gable roof, cross-gable dormers, and masonry chimney. The open eaves feature exposed rafter tails with round-end cutouts and triangular knee braces, which reflect a Craftsman style influence. 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 209 Concordia Street, Honolulu HI 96813 TMK (1) 2-2-007:037-0003 SHPD Historic Site Number 80-14-9797 Abstract The Machado homestead consists of three Craftsman style Bungalows built on the slopes of Punchbowl, surrounded by avocado, mountain apple, plumeria and mango trees. Built from 1922 to circa 1930 by Henry Freitas, the houses are significant for their architecture and for their association with the early residential settlement of the Portuguese community in Honolulu. The single-wall homes sit on partial or full lava rock foundations with concrete steps leading up to an inset entry porch. They feature tongue-and-groove vertical board walls encircled by girts, paired one-over-one double-hung windows, and combination hip-and-gable roofs. The homes exemplify the popular Craftsman style through the use of decorative gable-ends and rafter tails, brackets, lava-rock piers, and decorative moldings. The homestead compound is surrounded by a low lava rock wall and sits next to the Punchbowl Holy Ghost Church. The houses in this area are mostly small cottages built close together, many have no fences, walls or plantings, indicating that many were built in a manner similar to the Machado's--for multi-family living. The Portuguese were noted as fine craftsmen and wall builders. The vast majority of the remaining older houses in this area were built in the Craftman style but very few are as intact as the Machado homestead. 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 [...]