Historic Properties

Address 1916 Manoa Road, Honolulu, HI 96822 TMK (1) 2-5-001:002 SHPD Historic Site Number 80-14-9071 Abstract The two-story Thomas Petrie residence has shiplap siding, decorative arched windows, soffitted eaves with decorative rafters, Doric columned capitals in a porte cochere, and a stone fireplace.  The interior features a 12-foot high ceiling, pocket doors, a decorative stair leading to the second story, coffered ceilings, built-in bookshelves, and double hung windows. Built in 1923, the Thomas Petrie Residence is significant for its association with community planning and development in Manoa Valley as well as with Thomas Petrie, a locally prominent businessman and politician in the early 20th century.  It is also an example of a large mansion with a blend of Colonial Revival and Victorian design elements. 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 1919 Ualakaa Street, Honolulu HI 96822 TMK (1) 2-5-001:005 SHPD Historic Site Number 80-14-9836 Abstract Greenwell House is a two-story Colonial Revival house constructed in 1925 in the Makiki neighborhood in Honolulu. The house is significant for its architecture as an example of the popular American Colonial Revival style, adapted to Hawaii. It features a rectangular plan, horizontal clapboard siding, hip roof, and columned porch that runs along the front facade. The roof of the columned porch or lanai forms a second story deck. In keeping with the Colonial Revival style, the front facade is formal, symmetrical, and balanced. The main entrance features a single French door flanked by typical Colonial Revival sidelights. On both sides of the entrance, a set of double French doors open to the interior. The entire house features canec ceilings with a symmetrical molding pattern. The Greenwell family were instrumental in developing the coffee industry in Kona.  H.N. Greenwell planted the first coffee plant in Kona sometime between 1828 and 1829. 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 1519 Oneele Place, Honolulu HI 96822 TMK (1) 2-5-001:021 SHPD Historic Site Number 80-14-9039 Abstract The Mervin Williams Residence was built in 1937 on a hillside lot overlooking Honolulu. The house is significant for its architecture as an excellent example of a late 1930s Hawaii residence designed in the modern style. It was the work of architectural firm Dahl & Conrad and contractor/builder James Miyaki. The architects were one of the major firms, along with Claude Stiehl and Albert Ely Ives, responsible for introducing the modern vocabulary into Hawaiian residential design in the 1930s. Their residential work is characterized by the use of flat or low-pitched hipped roofs, flowing interior spaces, sliding doors, banks of windows, including corner windows, minimal applied ornamentation, and a strong horizontal profile. 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 1955 Makiki Street, Honolulu HI 96822 TMK (1) 2-5-001:043 SHPD Historic Site Number 80-14-9031 Abstract The John and Ruth Steffee Residence is a modest, single-story cottage built in Makiki in 1938. It is rendered in a contemporary "Hawaiian" style of the period. The broad hip roof with its overhanging eaves, post and pier foundation, and screened front lanai well address Hawai`i's climatic conditions as does the extensive use of sliding windows and the cross ventilation of all rooms. The presence of ohia, a Hawaiian hardwood that was milled at the time on the island of Hawai`i, as flooring reflects the conscious use of local materials to celebrate a building's sense of place. The use of Asian fretwork to support the lanai screening further reflected the ideals of Hawai`i's society of the period with its strong emphasis on the harmonious meeting of East and West in the Islands, the "Cross-Roads of the Pacific." Similarly, the house well reflects its period in its use of elements associated with the modern movement. 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 1947 Judd Hillside Road, Honolulu HI 96822 TMK (1) 2-5-004:007 SHPD Historic Site Number 80-14-9772 Abstract The John and Eleanor Freitas House was built in 1932 on the slopes of the Judd Hillside neighborhood in lower Manoa Valley. The parcel sits above an old quarry site. The house is significant for its architecture as an example of Hart Wood's residential work. Wood is recognized as one of the architects who helped to define the “Hawaiian" style of design in the first half of the 20th century. This home exemplifies Wood's characteristic use of exposed truss ceilings, ornamental metal work, and shingled roofs. It has board-and-batten walls and a tall, double-pitched roof. All windows originally were six-over-six double-hung. The contractor was Y. Kobayashi and Sons. The sloping lot was extensively terraced, and the original landscape was designed by Catherine Jones Richards and Robert Oliver Thompson, who were noted for their work during the 1920s & 1930s. John and Eleanor Freitas built their residence as their retirement home and occupied it for forty years until their deaths. 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 2447 Makiki Heights Drive, Honolulu HI 96822 TMK (1) 2-5-008:002 SHPD Historic Site Number 80-14-9750 Abstract The Cooke-Spalding Residence was built in 1925 on a large parcel on Makiki Height Drive, overlooking Makiki Valley. Significant for its architecture and its association with the social history of Honolulu, the home was one of the earliest in this area. It is a two-story Bungalow style house built by Alice Theodora Cooke and her husband Philip Edmunds Spalding on a large sloping property that is terraced into large lawn areas surrounded with lava rock retaining walls. Philip Spalding was a building contractor and may have designed the house and its accompanying cottage, which is attached to the garage. The home exemplifies the bungalow style built in Hawaii during the 1920s with deep lanais, overhanging eaves, easy access to outdoors, and good cross-ventilation. It has a rectangular plan, shingled walls, and gabled roof. The lanai originally had Doric columns, but was altered during a remodel of the ground floor by Vladimir Ossipoff in the 1950s. 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 2345 Makiki Heights Drive, Honolulu HI 96822 TMK (1) 2-5-008:004 SHPD Historic Site Number 80-14-9849 Abstract The Hugh G. Petersen, Jr. Residence, built circa 1950, is located in the hillside neighborhood of Makiki Heights. The house is an example of the contemporary Hawaiian Regional architectural style that emerged during the immediate post World War II period. The style was a variant of Modernism, which was infused with local adaptations that exploited Hawai`i's climate and unique cultural setting. The residence is one-story in height, asymmetrical in plan and arranged in a strongly linear fashion. The Petersen Residence reflects the skill with which its master architect, Vladimir Ossipoff, was able to infuse the prevailing contemporary architectural style with adaptations inspired by the local environment and cultural setting. 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.

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