Events – Past

Join us for an Exclusive Historic Home Open House Event Don your holiday apparel and join us for a festive evening at the historic “Alfred Hocking House,” also known as Greystones. Built in 1904, Greystones is considered to be the most commanding example of the Queen Anne style of architecture on O‘ahu and the only remaining structure in this style in the Makiki district. The evening will include docent tours sharing architectural and historical information about the house, grounds and surrounding neighborhood and stories unique to Greystones’s history over the decades. A peak into secret cupboards and hidden passageways is sure to please! Enjoy joyous seasonal décor and live piano music by Pierre Grill. Heavy pūpū, wine and seasonal punch will be served. DATE: Saturday, December 1, 2018 TIME: 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM LOCATION:  1302 Nehoa Street, Makiki, O‘ahu EVENT DESCRIPTION: Docent tours of the house, holiday favorites with pianist Pierre Grill and time to socialize with old and new friends. TICKETS: $65 Historic Hawaii Foundation Member; $80 General Not yet a member? Click here to join. Parking:  Valet parking at the estate. Limited to 70 people. Click here to see more photos of Greystones in this recent Honolulu Magazine article, “9 Greatest Honolulu Homes,” by Robbie Dingeman. All proceeds benefit the programs and services of Historic Hawai‘i Foundation. Ink and watercolor above by Joe Lynch.  www.joelynchstudio.com  Download Flier (PDF) CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

Historic Hawai‘i Foundation joined HHF Planners and The Outdoor Circle to sponsor a booth at the Lei of Parks Family Day on September 1, 2018.  The Ala Moana Park History Walk was a highlight of the day, giving us the opportunity to share some of the planning, design and construction history of the park. The walking tour summary is available for download. TOUR SUMMARY DOWNLOAD (PDF) Photo: Courtesy of Hawai‘i State Archives Historic Hawai‘i Foundation joined HHF Planners and The Outdoor Circle to sponsor a booth at the Lei of Parks Family Day on September 1, 2018.  The Ala Moana Park History Walk was a highlight of the day, giving us the opportunity to share some of the planning, design and construction history of the park. The walking tour summary is available for download. Get a glimpse of what Oahu’s recreational future might be when three of Honolulu’s South Shore parks are temporarily linked for a day, a first step in creating a Lei of Parks that could eventually stretch from Waikīkī to Nānākuli. Walk, bike and enjoy family-friendly activities at Ala Moana Beach Park, Kewalo Basin Park and Kaka‘ako Waterfront Park on Saturday, September 1 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Temporary signs, ground chalk stencils, and traffic controls will allow people to easily walk and bike through all three parks. Participants can take walking tours of historic sites and exceptional trees, get beach volleyball tips, walk with a doctor, sample coral friendly sunscreen, and practice yoga at nine “passport” stations throughout the three parks. Those who visit at least three stations will be entered into a prize drawing, including [...]

A celebration of food, culture and historic places associated with Kauai’s Japanese heritage will take place at Eating House 1849 in Kōloa on Saturday, September 22. The event commemorates the 30th anniversary of Chef Roy Yamaguchi’s restaurants, as well as the 150th “Gannenmono” celebration of the first Japanese arrival in Hawai‘i. Clinton Nuyda, executive chef at Eating House 1849, is planning a festival that highlights Japanese history and culture in Hawai‘i. Historic Hawai‘i Foundation will participate in the event with stories of some of the sites associated  with this heritage. Other family-friendly activities include taiko drumming, live music, moichi pounding, plantation-style comfort dishes and innovative Japanese-style street-food. Tickets are available at https://www.royyamaguchi.com/events/fire-and-rice-eating-house-1849-koloa-kauai Proceeds will benefit Historic Hawai‘i Foundation’s programs and activities on Kaua‘i.

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 [...]