Historic Properties

Address 1001 Dillingham Blvd., Honolulu, 96817 TMK (1) 1-5-015: 008 SHPD Historic Site Number Not Yet Available Historic Designations: Hawai‘i Register of Historic Places Abstract The grouping of six Matson Line Warehouse Quonset huts is located on Dillingham Boulevard in the lwilei/Kapalama area of Honolulu. They are significant under Criterion A as a rare surviving example of the post-war practice of adapting WWII era Quonset huts for civilian, contemporary use. Matson Navigation Company, the primary carrier of freight between Hawai'i and the Pacific Coast of the U.S. mainland, and major shaper and promoter of the development of tourism in Hawai'i, utilized the Quonset huts as warehouse structures. The property is also significant at the local level under Criterion Casa rare, extant grouping of architecturally distinctive military Quonset huts. They exhibit the notable design of a prefabricated and portable, semi-cylindrical arched building, with metal framing and sheathed in corrugated metal.

Address 851 Fort Street, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813 TMK (1) 2-1-014:004 SHPD Historic Site Number Not Yet Available Historic Designations: Hawaii State Register of Historic Places Abstract Approved for Criterion A (Historical Events and Patterns) and Criterion C (Architecture and Engineering).  The Judd Building was four stories at its completion in 1899 and was called “the beginning of the Honolulu skyscrapers.”  It was the first building in Honolulu constructed exclusively for use as rented office space and one of the first to have an electric passenger elevator.  It is a refined Beaux Arts style building with two main façades flanking a chamfered corner and is an irregular parallelogram in plan. The Judd Building was designed by famed American architect Oliver Traphagen.  He was also the architect for the Moana Hotel in Waikīkī, and downtown buildings such as H. H. Hackfeld Building, the Boston Block and the Lewers & Cooke Building.  The Judd Building was constructed immediately after Hawaii became a U.S. territory. It is notable that two of the Judd Building’s first renters, C. Brewer & Co. and Alexander & Baldwin, were two of Hawaii’s Big Five companies and that the presidents of these companies cofounded the Bank of Hawaii.

Address 66-279A Haleiwa Road, Haleiwa, Hawaii 96816 TMK (1) 6-6-006:010 SHPD Historic Site Number 50-80-04-08826 Historic Designations: Hawai‘i Register of Historic Places Abstract Approved for Criterion A (Historical Events and Patterns).  The Haleiwa Jodo Mission was the first Japanese Jodo Mission established on Oahu.  Established in 1913, the mission grew and was successful due to the large number of Japanese plantation workers that were living and working on nearby sugar and rice plantations.  It was built on the site of the previous Waialua Hotel.  In addition to the Original Temple, in the north corner of the site, is a 1958/1959 elementary school building (southwest corner) and the current 1975 temple building (southeast corner).  The interior of the upper floor of the Original Temple building is intact including windows, location of the entry doors, and the original altar area.  However, it is not occupied because of the its condition despite efforts in 1977 to stabilize and refurbish the rooms. The Haleiwa Jodo Mission has survived while looking after plantation workers in the Main Sugar Strike of 1920, disruptions from Marshall Law during WWII, as well as multiple tsunamis while standing in its current location.

Address 1210 Ward Ave., Honolulu TMK (1) 2-1-041:026 SHPD Historic Site Number Not Yet Available Historic Designations: Hawai‘i Register of Historic Places Abstract The 1210 Ward Avenue Office Building constructed in 1961 is a two-story plus penthouse commercial office building located in Honolulu. Prominent Honolulu architects Vladimir Ossipoff and Richard Dennis collaboratively designed and owned the building and had offices there. During their tenure, the firm elevated the style and architectural direction of the state making the building significant under Criterion A. The building is also significant under Criterion C as good example of Mid-Century Modern architecture of the period with design features that include the dramatic roof, central courtyard lanai, open stairs with breezeblock exterior walls, shading fins, and canted catwalk.