Events – Past

Historic Hawai‘i Foundation held its 44th Annual Meeting on June 20, 2018 at The Novelty Foundry, built in 1930, and presently owned by HHF Members Bob and Teri Bosley. This playful space houses an extensive collection of Hawaiiana, classic cars and memorabilia.  Attendees took a trip down memory lane as they perused black and white photos, neon signs, old-fashioned telephones, fire hydrants and other historic items as a vintage toy train sped along its track suspended from the ceiling.  Please check out the photo gallery below of the fascinating collection! Joanna Oshiro, who has served as HHF's board president since 2016, opened the meeting. She remarked that one of the great joys of the past year was HHF’s extensive engagement with communities across the state.  Meetings held with members and supporters were a productive opportunity to hear what was on their minds and contributed towards our collective effort to preserve and save Hawai‘i’s historic places. 2017 Annual Report VIEW (PDF) 2018-19 Board of Trustees VIEW (Link) New members of the board, Rick Kiefer, Wendy Rice Peterson, Greg Pietsch and Vernon Wong, were warmly welcomed and returning trustees, Ricky Ching, Joy Davidson, Donne Dawson, J. Scott Meidell, and Jennifer Zelko-Schlueter were enthusiastically re-elected.  A warm mahalo was given to departing trustees Lance Parker, Nancy Maeda, and Rick Houck for their years of service. Natalia Lagmay delivered her first address as the new president of the Board for 2018-2019.  We are grateful to all of our past and present trustees for their commitment and support of our organization. The business meeting and elections were followed by a special presentation about the history of the meeting venue given by trustee Jim Niess and property owner Bob Bosley.  Jim shared his experience during the late 1960s of joining a group of friends to convert The Novelty Foundry, formerly a casting shop [...]

Kaimukī Town Tour: Architecture, History, Food & Art The Discover Kaimukī Town Tour on July 21 was a sold out event bringing together history, architecture, youth, art, local lore, business and food. Sixty event guests were joined by an impressive entourage of volunteers for a walking tour event that showcased the unique history and architecture of a thriving historic neighborhood with many stories to share. The five-stop tour shared numerous tidbits of architectural buildings such as Lee & Lee Building (built 1947); YF Zane Building (built 1930) and Coffee Talk’s home (built 1967) between 9th and 12th on Wai‘alae Avenue. Enhancing the architectural history was a dive into the cultural history of the area including the origin of Kaimukī’s name, it’s significance in prehistoric Hawai‘i, the development of the “Kaimukī Tract” between 1898 and 1920 and the eventual building of the Lunalilo Freeway (H-1) and its impact on the community. The event was a truly collaborative experience led by HHF and its Preservation Programs Committee and enlisting many partners including students Alexus Delaury, Josiah Smith and Cameron Hersh, from Hawai‘i Technical Academy, SEEQs charter school and Mid-Pacific Institute, respectively. The students played major roles in researching the architectural history of specific buildings and delivering impressive presentations as docents at three stops along the tour. The students were excited to participate as a summer volunteer project and HHF was thrilled to harness the opportunity to delve more deeply into mentorship and youth preservation education. Also on hand as a volunteer docent was Raechelle Villaneuva, a teacher at the Kaimukī Elementary Charter School. Raechelle wowed everyone with her absolute passion for Kaimukī (born and raised there) and her stories of connection to this special [...]

Take an underwater journey & learn about Hawaii's recent & ancient past Join us on Thursday, July 12 from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. for a unique presentation on Hawaii's underwater cultural heritage. What do a Civil War-era steamship, whaling ships, WWII aircraft & Japanese super-submarines have in common? These, and a multitude of other wrecks are firmly nestled in the waters surrounding the Hawaiian Islands. Journey with Dr. Hans Van Tilburg of NOAA as he shares tales of survival and intrigue and other historical accounts of Hawaii’s underwater cultural heritage in this unique presentation. The ocean is a museum of lost shipwrecks that reflect our maritime past in the Pacific, from the days of the explorers to the plantation era and two world wars.  These wrecks are undiscovered bits of history that can tell us surprising things about the past.  Finding them and surveying the nearby sites, particularly in the deep ocean, is a unique and challenging endeavor that has not been comprehensively explored until now. DATE: Thursday, July 12, 2018 TIME: 5:30 to 7:00 PM PLACE: Impact Hub Honolulu, 1050 Queen St. #100, Honolulu, HI 96814 COST: Free, Registration required. PARKING: Click here for options. (Photo above: Sometimes pieces of our past are right off the beach. Elements of a loading crane at the former Waimanalo plantation steamship landing.) (Photo credit: T Casserley NOAA ONMS) Download Flier (PDF) REGISTER HERE WHEN: Thursday, July 12, 2018 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. WHERE: Impact Hub Honolulu 1050 Queen Street #100 Honolulu, HI  96814 [map] COST: Free Registration required Mahalo to our venue sponsor:

One-of-a-kind Tour Features Historic Preservation Success Story! Join us on Saturday, April 7 from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. for an exclusive tour highlighting a preservation success story! Bring the family! Suitable for all ages. SPACE IS LIMITED. The Farm: Sweet Land Farm, Oahu's only certified goat dairy, located on 86-acres in Waialua on Oahu. Owned and operated by the Bello family with daughter Emma, a culinary student graduate, the visionary for a goat dairy and making it real with help from Mom (Mary), Dad (Eric) and brother Austin. The Preservation: Six historic homes from the former Red Hill Navy housing neighborhood had been slated to be demolished but were instead saved and relocated to Sweet Land Farm. The homes are being re-purposed for employee housing and accessory farm uses in a creative preservation success story. The Tour:  Enjoy a farm tour with the Bello family sharing history and farm lore at the milking and cheese making stations, goat barn and teenage goat pen. Learn about the historic Red Hill housing that now resides on the farm—the history of the Red Hill neighborhood, the architecture and historic significance and story of the journey these homes took from a neighborhood of military housing to the farm and plans for their continued use into the future. Tour will include inside access to one of the homes. The Cheese Tasting: After the tour, enjoy cheese tasting on the patio with sampling of all farm made cheese products (see extras below for description). The Extras: The Farm Store will be open. Purchase Pohaku Tomme (aged semi-hard French-style); Feta (Greek style brined curd white cheese); spreadable Chevre (five flavors) & Goat Milk Caramel Sauce for friends and family before heading back to town. Guests are invited [...]

Workshop Presentations Click the thumbnails below to download PDF versions of each presentation. Class 1: Preservation & Sustainability Class 2: Water Class 3: Energy Class 4: Windows Class 5: Landscape Workshop Videos Preservation & Sustainability Assessing Historic Buildings Historic Home Case Study Standard Treatment of Historic Buildings Water (Part 1) Water (Part 2) Energy (Part 1) Energy (Part 2) How to Preserve your Historic Windows (Part 1) How to Preserve your Historic Windows (Part 2) Sustainable and Culturally Sensitive Landscapes Landscape (Permaculture Design) Landscape (Native Plants) All videos courtesy of Tim Huynh Photography Workshop Program Monday, April 9, 2018  Class 1: PRESERVATION & SUSTAINABILITY: What makes your historic home unique & sustainable measures to green it Historic Hawai‘i Foundation, Kiersten Faulkner, AICP, Executive Director Historic Hawai‘i Foundation,  Andrea Nandoskar, Education Program Manager Historic Homeowners, Pat & Edward Chung Become familiar with architectural elements and rehabilitation standards for the treatment of historic properties. Receive an overview of green measures to conserve resources and reduce carbon footprints noting benefits to homeowners and larger community.  Historic homeowners will share examples of green initiatives they’ve incorporated on their property. Monday, April 23, 2018 Class 2: WATER: Water conservation, stormwater management and on-site [...]

Underwater Cultural Heritage subject of Public Talk at Waikīkī Aquarium Historic Hawai‘i Foundation, in partnership with Waikīkī Aquarium, will share a first of its kind study about submerged cultural resources in the Hawaiian Islands. The talk will be presented by Dr. Hans K. Van Tilburg, Maritime Heritage Coordinator of NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, who recently completed, The Unseen Landscape: Inventory and Assessment of Submerged Cultural Resources in Hawai’i, highlighting shipwrecks and submerged aircraft sites in Hawai’i. Dr. Tilburg will share a lay overview of this exciting study and answer such questions as: What are the resources? How do they connect to our history? What threats do they face? What risks do they pose for ocean health? and How do we share their stories in a larger, place-based context? WHAT: Public presentation about underwater cultural resources in Hawai’i DATE:  Tuesday, March 13, 2018 TIME:  3:30 to 4:30 PM PLACE:  Waikīkī Aquarium classroom, 2777 Kalakaua Ave, Honolulu, HI 96815 Free & open to the public. Registration required. Seating is limited!       It’s the first comprehensive assessment of Hawai‘i’s underwater cultural heritage and many agencies and partners contributed to this important 3-year project including Hawaii Undersea Research Laboratory [HURL], the University of Hawaii Marine Option Program [UH MOP], BOEM’s Pacific OCS regional office, Honua Consulting Inc., NOAA’s Maritime Heritage Program, NOAA’s Office of Ocean Exploration, and the NOAA Diving Program.  

Identifying Underrepresented Stories & Related Cultural Sites is Goal of Forum A unique community forum to explore heritage sites, their under-told stories and perspectives on cultural identity and place will be held in Honolulu January 26-27, 2018. The two-day meeting will focus on Asian American, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander (AANHPI) heritage in the Hawaiian Islands. More Information FORUM WEBSITE “Identity and Place: Celebrating Asian American, Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander Heritage in the Hawaiian Islands” is designed to gather perspectives and plans for identifying, preserving and sharing sites that are significant to the heritage of AANHPI communities in the Hawaiian Islands. Youth Video Project Films Pacific Buddhist Academy Student Projects Three students from Pacific Buddhist Academy were invited to present their final projects from Dr. Benjamin Bruch's Grade 12 course "Made in America/Made in Hawai'i" as part of the AANHPI Community Forum. Dr. Ben's Hawaiian studies course has been part of PBA's PeaceBridge curriculum since 2014, and provides seniors with an opportunity to reflect on their experiences living in Hawai'i and their own cultural identities before many of them leave to attend college on the mainland. After completing units on the architecture, history, languages, and literature of Hawai'i, students are asked to create a final project that explores some aspect of the concepts "Made in America," "Made in Hawai'i," or the links between them. Over the past four years, students have responded to this challenge with personal essays and short stories, poetry, graphic novels, paintings, drawings, photographs, films, and even culinary presentations. After an oli aloha and formal welcome from [...]

Announcing the 31st Annual Free Lunchtime Lecture Series featuring "Experts at the Cathedral" Winter 2018, February 1-March 8 The tradition continues! This year's theme: The Battle of Nu‘uanu: Contributions to the History of Hawai‘i The free weekly lunchtime lectures will be held on Thursdays from February 1– March 8, from 12-1 p.m. at St. Andrew's Cathedral, Von Holt Room, 229 Queen Emma Square, Honolulu This year's schedule: February 1: Jerry Walker, Community expert, scholar and practitioner, “Key Elements of the Battle of Nu‘uanu” February 8: Gordon Umi Kai, Pā Ku‘i a Lua, “Na Mea Kaua: Weapons and Battle Formations” February 15: Monika Frazier, Aloha Kuamo'o '‘Āina, “Wahi Pana as Ike Waihona: When the land holds memory” February 22: Professor William Chapman and Noelle Kahanu, University of Hawai‘i Graduate Certificate Program Historic Preservation,  “Preserving America’s Battlefields: Memorials or Interpretive sites?” March 1: Sam ‘Ohu Gon III, Nā Papa Kanaka o Puʻukoholā, “Lelekaʻanae: Commemorating the Battle of Nuʻuanu with Community for 20 years” March 8: Kim Birnie, Daughters of Hawai‘i, “A History of Remembrance: Venorating the battle and healing the wounds of Nu‘uanu” The annual series is sponsored by the Historic Preservation Program, Department of American Studies, University of Hawai‘i at Manoa; the Friends of ‘Iolani Palace; and Historic Hawai‘i Foundation.                     Stop by on your lunch hour and feel free to bring a brown bag lunch. Click here for a map of the venue location. PARKING: Metered parking is available near Iolani Palace. Parking is also available at the Alii Place Parking Garage located at 1099 Alakea Street near the Hotel Street intersection ($3 for 2 hours) and in the St. Andrew's public parking lot ($12 for [...]

It was an amazing evening!  Click here for a short slide show of the event by HHF volunteer, photographer Kristian Gallagher.  Exclusive Historic Home Open House at the Bayer Estate (aka Steve McGarrett's Hawaii Five-0 House) LIGHTS! CAMERA! ACTION!! Dress for the season and join us for this unique evening event at the historic Bayer Estate, the site of Steve McGarrett’s home on the hit TV series, Hawai‘i Five-0. Enjoy a stunning sunset oceanside at this charming 1936 Craftsman-style home decorated for the holidays. The evening will include docent tours of the home and an informative presentation from Hawai‘i State Film commissioner and HHF board member, Donne Dawson, followed by a talk story with the homeowners. Pūpū and drinks will be served.  Mystery wine and mystery boxes, great for holiday gift giving, will be available for purchase. DATE: Friday, December 8, 2017 TIME: 5:30 PM to 8:00 PM EVENT DESCRIPTION: Docent tours of the house, presentation by Hawaii State Film Commissioner, talk story with the homeowners, time to socialize with old and new friends. TICKETS: $50 Historic Hawaii Foundation Member; $65 General Not yet a member? Click here to join. Parking:  Valet parking at the estate. Limited to 70 people. Download Flier (PDF) CLICK HERE TO REGISTER