By Michelle Cheang, Fung Associates, Inc. The Hawaii State Department of Transportation (HDOT) is making a substantial effort to proactively identify Hawaii’s historic thoroughfares that have been instrumental in our state’s evolution into the modern age. HDOT funded the Statewide Bridge Inventory that involves the initial analysis of approximately 800 potentially historic bridges constructed between 1894 and 1968 on the islands of Oahu, Hawaii, Maui, Molokai, and Kauai.  The project [...]

By Keola Lindsey, Office of Hawaiian Affairs A traditional cultural property (TCP) is one example of a property type that can be included in, or determined to be eligible for inclusion in, the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).  A TCP’s significance can be associated with the beliefs, customs and practices which define the very foundation of a given community or group.  This important recognition does not mean that the [...]

By Kiersten Faulkner | From Forum Journal | Winter 2012 | Vol. 26, No. 2 The history of Hawaii, the United States, and the entire world was altered on December 7, 1941, when imperial Japan attacked United States forces on Oahu. That day of destruction, when eight battleships and 13 other ships were sunk or damaged, and on which 2,000 sailors and hundreds of members of other military services and [...]

Margaret Foster, Preservation Magazine, contributed to this article. Photos by Chuck Iwertz, Forest City Project Field Manager Since the 1940s, a neighborhood seven miles northwest of Honolulu has been home to generations of military families. In June and July, six historic houses from Red Hill were trucked to Wahiawa about 20 miles away to be rehabilitated and adaptively reused in planned agricultural and dairy project in West O‘ahu. The [...]

By Dee Ruzicka, Mason Architects, Inc. Navy Facilities Engineering Command Hawai‘i (NAVFACHI) recently released a study investigating the historic significance and integrity of the form Marine Corp Air Station ‘Ewa Field (‘Ewa Field) for its role in the Japanese attack on O‘ahu on December 7, 1941. “Battlefield Evaluation of Ewa Field and Inventory and Historic Contexts” is a two-part report that analyzes ‘Ewa Field as a historic battlefield site, provides [...]

Referred to as the “Kane‘ohe Bay White House” during President Dwight Eisenhower’s stay after WWII, the Eisenhower House was constructed as part of the Historic Hilltop Neighborhood on Marine Corps Base Hawai‘i in Kane‘ohe and recently was dedicated as the first net zero energy use building on the base. The home stands as a great example of preservation of both cultural and natural resources.  The house has been renovated to [...]