Oahu Military

Address Wheeler Army Air Field Wahiawa, HI 96786 TMK (1) 7-7-various SHPD Historic Site Number 80-08-1385 National Historic Landmark District National Register of Historic Places #87001297 Abstract Established in 1922 as an army airfield, Wheeler Field occupied a former cavalry drill field adjacent to Schofield Barracks. Permanent structures, including officers' quarters and club, noncommissioned officers' quarters and club, chapel, dispensary, and administrative buildings, were erected in the early 1930s. The district includes the flight line, hangars, and the barracks building. Wheeler Field is significant for its association with the Japanese attack on December 7, 1941. Wheeler had a large number of fighter planes and the success of the Japanese attack on the American fleet in Pearl Harbor was dependent upon the destruction of these planes. Wheeler, along with other military airfields on Oahu, was rendered practically helpless, with 83 of its aircraft destroyed. 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 Pearl Harbor, HI 96706 TMK (1) 9-1; 9-4; 9-6; 9-7 SHPD Historic Site Number 80-13-9992 National Historic Landmark District National Register of Historic Places #66000940 Abstract Construction of the base began in 1902 when a channel was dredged to admit deep-draft vessels to the inland anchorage. The United States Navy has regularly modernized the port to maintain its responsibilities for national defense. The fundamental quality which defines the U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, as a National Historic Landmark is its historic function, which continues into the current century, as well as the attack on December 7, 1941. The boundaries of this National Historic Landmark includes those water and land areas historically, intimately, and directly associated with that function and action. Pearl Harbor is a large, landlocked port, which contributed to the rise of the United States as a major world power in the Pacific. Because of the effectiveness of Pearl harbor's mission, the naval base was attacked by aircraft of the Japanese navy on December 7, 1941, an action which caused the United States to enter World War II. 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 Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay, HI TMK (1) 4-4-008:001; 4-4-various SHPD Historic Site Number 80-10-1386 National Historic Landmark District National Register of Historic Places #87001299 Abstract Construction of a naval air station on the western half of Mokapu Peninsula began in 1939. As of December 1941, two of the five planned steel hangars had been completed, each measuring 225 feet by 400 feet. The historic district includes the following nationally significant features: Hangar No. 1; the parking area between the hangars and Kaneohe Bay, and the five ramps. Kaneohe Naval Air Station is significant for its association with the Japanese attack on December 7, 1941. At 7:48 a.m., seven minutes before they bombed Pearl Harbor, Japanese fighters and five bombers attacked Kaneohe Naval Air Station. Fifteen sailors and two civilians were killed and sixty-seven personnel were wounded. 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 Palm Circle Drive, Fort Shafter Honolulu, HI 96819 TMK (1) 1-1-008:005 SHPD Historic Site Number 80-14-9709 National Historic Landmark National Register of Historic Places #84000104 Abstract Palm Circle consists of a large, grassed parade ground in a roughly oval shape with fifteen two-story, frame officers quarters lining the north and east sides of Palm Circle Drive, which encircles the parade. Former enlisted men's barracks and other administrative buildings, including a swimming pool, border the southern side of the drive. They were constructed in 1907–1909. Palm Circle is significant for its association with World War II history in Hawaii. At the time Palm Circle housed the offices and quarters of the commanding general and his staff, U.S. Army Forces, Pacific Ocean Areas, which included all army forces in the Central Pacific and the South Pacific. 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 Hickam Air Force Base Honolulu, HI 96853 TMK (1) 9-9-various SHPD Historic Site Number not provided National Historic Landmark District National Register of Historic Places #85002725 Abstract Hickam Field resembles a small modern city of the 1930s. It has a cohesive composition of landmark buildings, airfield support structures, varied housing types, and mature landscaping, as well as open spaces that unite in design and plan to form a definable district. Hickam Field is significant for its superb planning and architectural integrity. Linked with the 1984 National Historic Landmark District, this community represents a total heritage site. Functioning in the same capacity today as it did in the 1930s. it offers a valuable insight into the architecture and planning concepts of the time, the lifestyle, and the military mission. 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 4303 Diamond Head Road Honolulu, HI 96816 TMK (1) 3-1-042:009, :020 SHPD Historic Site Number 80-14-1350 National Historic District National Register of Historic Places #83000249 Abstract The Fort Ruger Historic District is a noncontiguous district which includes structures located in and on Diamond Head and on lands situated adjacent to the crater. This includes five batteries, seven fire control stations, two tunnels, and one building dating from 1909–1921. The district encompasses a portion of the remnants of Oahu's earliest U.S. Army coastal defense fortification. The structures included in the district are significant as tangible reminders of the U.S. Army's presence at Diamond Head crater. These structures are associated with the role of the coast artillery system on Oahu. Fort Ruger is significant in the history of the military in Hawaii as the first coastal defense fortification established by the U.S. Army in the islands. 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 Building 32, 32 Kalia Road, Fort DeRussy, and Buildings 420, 430, 440, 450, and 460, Fort Kamehameha Honolulu, HI TMK (1) 2-6-005:001; 9-9-001:013 SHPD Historic Site Number 80-13-1382 National Register of Historic Places #84000971 (Fort DeRussy); #84000925, #84000928, #84000948, #84000954, #84000975 (Fort Kamehameha) Abstract The Artillery District of Honolulu was established on April 24, 1909, and consisted of Forts Ruger, DeRussy, Kamehameha, and Armstrong. Only those structures at Forts DeRussy and Kamehameha are under Army control and reflect the Rossevelt-Taft period of expanding American interest in the Pacific. The artillery sites are significant for their association with the coastal defense system for Pearl Harbor. Battery Randolph in Fort DeRussy now serves as the U.S. Army Museum of 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.