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Address 155 Dowsett Avenue, Honolulu HI 96817 TMK (1) 2-2-046:056 SHPD Historic Site Number 80-14-9767 Abstract The Thomas Victor King House is a two-story, frame house built in the Colonial Revival style of architecture in 1918 in the Dowsett Tract area of Nuuanu Valley, a residential neighborhood near downtown Honolulu. The home is significant for its architecture and represents the work of the locally-prominent architectural firm of Emory & Webb Architects, which was responsible for designing several outstanding residential, commercial, religious, and institutional buildings during the early 20th century. Although Colonial Revival style usually contains a symmetrical balance of exterior and interior elements, this house features an off-center entrance while still maintaining a central hall plan, as well as a now-enclosed lanai at the rear of the house. It was constructed for a successful Honolulu businessman with the California Feed Co. The King family lived in the house until 1929. 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 3311 Kahawalu Drive, Honolulu HI 96817 TMK (1) 2-2-049:025 SHPD Historic Site Number 80-14-9775 Abstract Built in 1930, the W.W. Goodale Moir Residence is a one-story Spanish Colonial Revival house built on a gently sloping pie-shaped lot in lush Nu'uanu Valley and surrounded by notable gardens. The home was known as Lipolani. It is significant for its architecture as an example of the residential work of architect Louis E. Davis who designed many structures in the popular Spanish Colonial Revival style in the 1920s & 1930s. The house is noted for its unusual and artistic detailing. It features cement stucco exterior walls;  red tile roof; an arched entry; and metal casement windows. The unusual shaped site is almost completely enclosed in such a manner as to create several courtyards with distinctive characteristics around the house. The house has been featured in numerous books and magazines for the owners' artful handling of the gardens. The residence was built by William Whitmore Goodale Moir, a noted orchid hybridizer and long time sugar industry agronomist. 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 3346 Kaohinani Drive, Honolulu HI 96817 TMK (1) 2-2-050:002 SHPD Historic Site Number 80-14-1378 Abstract The Purvis Residence was built in 1930 in lower Nuuanu on a sloping, landscaped lot overlooking Nuuanu stream. The house is significant for its architecture as a good example of a 1920/1930s Spanish Mission Revival residence in Hawaii. It was designed by architect C. W. Dickey and has a notable 1934 addition by Harry Sims Bent. Dickey and Bent were two of the major architects working in Honolulu during the 1930s. The single-story  house exemplifies the Spanish Mission Revival style with plastered walls and red tile gabled roof. The home was built for R. M. Purvis, who for thirty-six years was associated with the Bishop National Bank, retiring in 1948 as its Vice President. The Purvis family resided in this house untill 1939. 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 1619 Makiki Street (16 & 14 Anapuni St), Honolulu HI 96822 TMK (1) 2-4-023:069 SHPD Historic Site Number 80-14-9837 Abstract The Mildred M. Yodor House is a Tudor Revival house built in 1929 in the Makiki neighborhood in Honolulu. The house is significant for its architecture as an example of the Tudor Revival style popular during the first half of the 20th century. Typical of this style is the two story, asymmetrical plan, featuring stuccoed exterior walls, half-timbering, and a steeply pitched gable roof. The house sits on a post-and-pier foundation, contains a fireplace, and has over 30 windows featuring 8-light double-hung sash. The front entry is covered by an arched stucco opening. 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 1802 Keeaumoku Street, Honolulu, HI 96822 TMK (1) 2-4-025:002 SHPD Historic Site Number 80-14-9028 Abstract The Ernest R. Cameron House, built between 1923 and 1924, is located in the Makiki residential district of Honolulu. The house features an irregular "L" shaped plan originally constructed as a single story structure; a partial second floor with five bedrooms was added above the mauka (east) wing in 1931. The Ernest R. Cameron House is significant as the work of a master: Honolulu architects Herbert Cayton Cohen (1923) and Robert G. Miller (1931 addition). The Ernest R. Cameron House is typical of homes built for upper middle class Honolulu families which emulated mainland styles while including features necessary for comfortable living in a tropical climate. The home is also significant for its association with the development of the emerging residential area of Makiki during the early 1920s which was spurred by the development of streetcar lines to suburban Honolulu neighborhoods. 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 2490 Makiki Heights Drive, Honolulu HI 96822 TMK (1) 2-4-035:002     SHPD Historic Site Number 80-14-9079 Abstract The Dr. and Mrs. James R. Judd Residence is located in a quiet neighborhood along Makiki Heights Drive, across the street from The Contemporary Museum of Hawaii.  Situated on a gentle sloping hill, the property is a little ovwer an acre in size, and has an expansive view of the Pacific Ocean and Punchbowl. The original "L" shaped, two story house sits near the top of the property and looks out over a broad expanse of lawn. The Southern French Revival Style house has intersecting hipped and flared gable roofs clad in cut shingles. The walls are covered with wooden shingles painted blue and the house sits on a concrete slab foundation. 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 1916 Manoa Road, Honolulu, HI 96822 TMK (1) 2-5-001:002 SHPD Historic Site Number 80-14-9071 Abstract The two-story Thomas Petrie residence has shiplap siding, decorative arched windows, soffitted eaves with decorative rafters, Doric columned capitals in a porte cochere, and a stone fireplace.  The interior features a 12-foot high ceiling, pocket doors, a decorative stair leading to the second story, coffered ceilings, built-in bookshelves, and double hung windows. Built in 1923, the Thomas Petrie Residence is significant for its association with community planning and development in Manoa Valley as well as with Thomas Petrie, a locally prominent businessman and politician in the early 20th century.  It is also an example of a large mansion with a blend of Colonial Revival and Victorian design elements. 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.