Historic Properties

Address 2746 Kahawai Street, Honolulu HI 96822 TMK (1) 2-9-014:063 SHPD Historic Site Number 80-14-9096 Abstract The John and Julia Stone Residence is located in a quiet neighborhood, a few blocks away from Oahu Avenue; which is one of the main thoroughfares in Manoa Valley.  This single-story dwelling is situated on a small wedge lot, with a large mango tree at the front of the property, and has a curving, scored concrete walkway that carves a path from the street through the front lawn up to the entrance of the home.  The house is rendered in a Modest Bungalow style characterized by a hip roof over the main body of the house and a hip roof reaching from the bedroom wing that extends out from the main body.  A flat roofed, 22' foot long, front porch extends across the other two-thirds of the facade forming a continous line with the bedroom wing.  The exterior of the residence has white hardboard siding, intersecting hipped soofs with exposed eaves and rafters, and sits on a post pier, lava rock foundation that has a vertical slat apron 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 2703 Terrace Drive, Honolulu HI 96822 TMK (1) 2-9-015:039 SHPD Historic Site Number 80-14-9793 Abstract The Gosling/Day Residence was built in 1924 on a steeply sloping property on a narrow side street in Manoa Valley. It is significant for its architecture and for its association with the residential development of Honolulu as as part of the Pu`upueo Tract of Manoa. The house was designed in a symmetric, Neo-Classical style with Craftsman detailing. It is one-story on the street side and two-story in the rear, creating the illusion of a small cottage. The wood-frame house has a nearly pyramidal hip roof, open eaves with scalloped rafter tails, clapboard siding, and lava rock foundation. A projecting entry porch is defined by Doric columns and a pediment with a circle motif that is centered and flanked by paired 6-over-1 double-hung windows. It has a detached carport. It sits on land that originally included the old Cooper house that became Jackson College in 1952. The present owners successfully removed vinyl siding that had been previously installed over the original clapboard. 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 1932 Awapuhi Street, Honolulu, HI 96822 TMK (1) 2-9-016:013 SHPD Historic Site Number 80-14-9795 Abstract The Coxhead House is a two-story structure with a gambrel roof and rectangular plan that was constructed in 1926. The structure features a porch which has a gable roof, and the exterior walls of the structure are covered in clapboard siding and is double wall construction. The Coxhead House is significant for its associations with the development of Manoa and as an intact example of a Dutch revival house in Hawaii. 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 2721 Ferdinand Ave, Honolulu HI 96822 TMK (1) 2-9-016:015 SHPD Historic Site Number 80-14-9832 Abstract The Edwin H. Bryan Jr. Residence was built in 1925 and is a single story cottage with a lateral running gable roof. The structure sits on a lava rock foundation and the exterior is clad in clapboard siding and shingles as decorative accents. The Edwin H. Bryan Jr. Residence is significant as an example of an early twentieth century, owner designed and built cottage. 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 2726 Ferdinand Avenue, Honolulu HI 96822 TMK (1) 2-9-016:025 SHPD Historic Site Number 80-14-9769 Abstract The August Christian Spoehler House is a two-story, Gothic Revival Bungalow with Colonial Revival features built in 1929 in the lower Manoa Valley residential area of Honolulu. It fronts Ferdinand Avenue with the Tantalus hillside as a backdrop. The lot was part of a subdivsion called Castle Terrace that Percy Pond developed from the original Castle Estate.  The house is significant for its architecture as an example of bungalow type architecture of the 1920s in Hawaii. It is an eclectic mix of Gothic Revival and Colonial Revival, which were two popular residential styles in Hawaii and on the mainland during the 1920's and 1930's. 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 2872 Manoa Rd, Honolulu HI 96822 TMK (1) 2-9-017:004 SHPD Historic Site Number 80-14-9093 Abstract The F.A. and Mary Bechert Residence is located deep within Manoa Valley and is situated on a gently sloping lot above Manoa Road.  The two-story house follows a Fantasy Picturesque form, which appeared in the islands in the late 1920's through the early 1930's.  It is one of approximately a dozen such styled houses that remain in Honolulu.  Related to the Tudor revival style, it uses Elizabethan forms in a rather whimsical manner that is meant to be reminiscent of a fairytale.  Such forms are not employed in an academically correct manner but rather as signifiers that tend towards a playful 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 1915 Komaia Drive Honolulu HI 96822 TMK (1) 2-9-017:018 SHPD Historic Site Number 80-14-9751 Abstract The H. Allen Cook Residence was built in 1929 in Manoa Valley. It is significant architecturally as a good example of a modest one-story, three bedroom Colonial Revival Bungalow style characteristic of early Hawaiian homes at the beginning of the twentieth century. The house has a gable roof, lapped siding and sits on a stone foundation with post and beam structural supports. The Cook House has had very few modifications and retains its architectural integrity. 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 2869 Manoa Road, Honolulu, HI 96822 TMK (1) 2-9-019:004 SHPD Historic Site Number 80-14-9081 Abstract Built in 1928, the Charles and Edith Cooke Residence is three-story modified Tudor revival house has a steeply pitched multi-gable roof, over-hanging eaves with exposed purlins, a lava rock foundation, clapboard siding, a porte cochere and an attached garage.The Charles and Edith Cooke Residence is significant for its association with locally renown businessman Charles M. Cooke, III. It is also an example of the work of architect Mark Potter; with a later addition by architect Vladimir Ossipoff. 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 2838 Oahu Avenue, Honolulu HI 96822 TMK (1) 2-9-019:011 SHPD Historic Site Number 80-14-9085 Abstract The Ballentyne Residence is architecturally significant as a fine example of Honolulu architect Vladimir Ossipoff’s interpretation of the Monterey style during the late 1930's. It followed the opening of renowned architect's own office in March 1936. The house is characterized by its lateral running shake shingle, gable roof and the outset that is a covered, second story veranda which runs across most of the façade.  It features clapboard siding on the first story and board and batten walls on the second.  The house sits on a slightly raised, hollow tile foundation. The residence is located in a quiet neighborhood in Manoa Valley and is situated on a flat lot facing Oahu Avenue. The property offers a beautiful view of the Koolau Mountains at the back of the valley. 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.