Oahu Residential

Address 2740 Oahu Ave, Honolulu, HI 96822 TMK (1) 2-9-015:001 SHPD Historic Site Number Not Yet Available Abstract Constructed in 1931, the 2704 O‘ahu Avenue Residence is significant under Criterion A as it reflects the patterns of settlement and chronicles the saga of development in Honolulu. This parcel is located in the west Mānoa area in the subdivision of Puʻupueo, a large tract of land that extended from Mānoa Road to O‘ahu Avenue and nearby the terminus of the Honolulu Rapid Transit Company’s Mānoa trolley line. The parcel was originally owned by Judge Henry E. Cooper who had once been Mānoa Valley’s largest landowner and one of the central figures in the overthrow of Queen Liliʻuokalani. It is also significant under Criterion C as a good example of a 19th and early 20th Century American Movement Craftsman/Bungalow style cottage. This style became popular in Honolulu’s residential neighborhoods in the 1920s and 1930s and became identified as a “Hawaiian Style” of architecture. Known for its originality, simplicity of form, local natural materials, and the presence of hand craftsmanship the residence includes a front porch, lava rock lined steps, and double hung windows.

Address 619 Hakaka Street, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822 TMK (1) 3-1-045:019 SHPD Historic Site Number Not Yet Available Historic Designations: Hawai‘i Register of Historic Places Abstract The House for Dr. & Mrs. Kasumi Miyano was built in 1962 and is significant as the venue in its early years for several Womenʻs Dental Auxiliary Club meetings, as Dr Miyano was a local dentist, and his wife, Florence, was an active club member. The residence is a Mid-Century creation of a prominent architect designed by master architect Stephen Noboru Oyakawa, a graduate of McKinley High School, and one of Frank Lloyd Wright’s apprentices and coworkers. A few of the many Wright reminiscent design elements and features include the strong geometric L-shaped plan and dominant horizontal lines featured in its design evolving from the building’s function, site, circulation, and climate. Character defining features include a flat cantilevered roof with broad overhanging eaves and outward projecting wood fascia boards that feature a continuous scalloped pattern. The upper portion of the burnt sienna-colored brick facade has the banding of clerestory windows that is also typical of Wrightian residences.

Address 3833 Old Pali Road, Honolulu, Hawaii 96817 TMK (1) 2-9-070:022 SHPD Historic Site Number Not Yet Available Historic Designations: Hawai‘i Register of Historic Places Abstract The James and Tomi Knaefler Residence is significant as a modern style house built in the 1960s with strong Japanese influences. Features include a redwood tongue and groove and pitched roof, open beamed ceilings, cork floor, screen walls, built in cabinets, drawers and desk and a totally open bedroom with shoji to close it off. The floor is shiplap siding. The bathroom includes a furo (deep tub) and small tile. The house, built in three phases: 1960, 1967, 1977. It was the work of a master, architect Stephen Oyakawa. Oyakawa was born in Kahaluʻu on O‘ahu and worked for Frank Lloyd Wright until Wright died then returned to Honolulu and opened his own firm. He designed several well-known buildings including Kapahulu  Liliha and ‘Aiea Public Libraries, Moanalua Intermediate School, and circular shaped buildings on the University of Hawai‘i campus.

Address 3833 Old Pali Road, Honolulu, Hawaii 96817 TMK (1) 1-9-004:008 SHPD Historic Site Number Not Yet Available Historic Designations: Hawai‘i Register of Historic Places Abstract The Charles and Alice Hite Residence, built in 1941, is situated on Old Pali Road in Nu‘uanu Valley. The residence is a good example of the early 1940s Regional style. The house was designed by Albert Ely Ives, a prominent architect in Hawai‘i during the 1930s through the 1950s.  Notable features include acid stained concrete floors, beveled doors, ‘ōhi‘a floors and a double pitched, hip-gable roof with overhanging eaves and exposed rafter tails. The home is also significant for its associations with the history of art in Hawai‘i, containing a rare example of prominent Honolulu artist, A. S. MacLeod’s work. A fresco frieze depicting everyday life in ancient Hawai‘i is incorporated into the architecture. MacLeod was one of the preeminent artists in Hawaii during the pre-World War II period. He remained active in Honolulu’s art world following the war exhibiting at the Honolulu Academy of Arts and a number of private Honolulu galleries as well as in San Francisco, Vancouver, Philadelphia, and New York.

Address 2035 Round Top Drive Honolulu, Hawaii 96822 TMK (1) 2-5-007:0112 SHPD Historic Site Number Not Yet Available Historic Designations: Hawai‘i Register of Historic Places Abstract Constructed in 1930, the Dr. Hans and Clara Zimmerman Residence is significant as a good example of Mediterranean Revival architecture in a modern style. Architect Ray Morris incorporated Spanish Mission elements including stucco and round arches. Modern elements include built in shelves and hutch, an Asian motif in the balustrade, common in Hawai‘i at the time, geometric design cabinets and stairway using sheet metal ornamentation. The house was originally a single-story Mediterranean style, masonry dwelling to which a frame second story was added in 1939.  The Zimmerman residence presents a distinct statement of the emerging tropical modern form, as a result of its blending the modern style with the pre-existing Mediterranean style house. The general hallmarks of the Mediterranean revival style such as the first story’s stucco walls, the round arched openings of the porches, and the rear and side porch’s framed round arches with keystones, remain, but are subservient to the more tropical modern aspects of the house.

Address 4817 Aukai Avenue Honolulu, Hawaii 96816 TMK (1) 3-5-007:026 SHPD Historic Site Number Not Yet Available Historic Designations: Hawai‘i Register of Historic Places Abstract The Dr. Gardner and Esther Black Residence is significant on the local level under criterion C, as a good example of a house built in Honolulu in the 1930s in a tropical modern style. Its unadorned, clean horizontal lines resulting from the tongue and groove applied horizontally, house’s low profile and the moderne beam end all bespeak the style. The open flowing spaces are also typical and the extensive use of sliding doors and windows, the employment of Asian wood screens, and the pavilion plan all further address the Island situation in a modern manner. The house is also an early example of the work of a master, Vladimir Ossipoff.

Address 2386 East Mānoa Road, Honolulu TMK (1) 2-9-010:034 SHPD Historic Site Number Not Yet Available Historic Designations: Hawai‘i Register of Historic Places Abstract Built in 1916, the Arthur Coyne House is significant on the local level under Criterion C as a good example of residence built in the American Colonial Revival style and reflects the choices of the new political elite in turn of the century Hawai‘i. Its asymmetrical façade sets it apart from the usually symmetrical examples of American Colonial Revival style house built in Mānoa. The architectural style chosen by Arthur Coyne for his residence reflects the new dominance of Americans after the annexation and the establishment of the Territory of Hawai‘i. The house contains a number of features that reflect its period of design. Its use of local vernacular materials, construction methods and workmanship are typical of houses built in the district in the mid-1910s.

Address 2017 Lanihuli Drive, Honolulu, 96822 TMK (1) 2-8-019:012 SHPD Historic Site Number Not Yet Available Historic Designations: Hawai‘i Register of Historic Places Abstract The House at Lanihuli Drive built in 1925 is an olava-stone and wood frame single-family dwelling. It is significant under Criterion A as an intact example of the College Hills and University of Hawai'i at Manoa development in the Punahou/Manoa area. The home is also significant under Criterion C as an intact example of the Colonial Revival/Arts and Crafts style of the 1920s. Its casual scale and moderate expression paired with Tuscan columns and millwork throughout the house exemplify Colonial Revival.

Address 3738B Manini Way, Honolulu, 96816 TMK -- SHPD Historic Site Number Not Yet Available Historic Designations: Hawai‘i Register of Historic Places Abstract Frank James, a real estate developer, constructed the home as an investment in 1928. The architect is unknown. It is significant under Criterion C as good example of Hawaiian Style House built in Honolulu during the 1920s. Key elements of this style include the home's double pitched hipped roof, single wall construction, and use of lava rock in the foundation. The home also includes original board and batten walls, fir floors and canec walls and ceiling with corner built-in cupboards.

Address 3020 & 3022 Hibiscus Drive, Honolulu, 96815 TMK (1) 3-1-034:014 SHPD Historic Site Number Not Yet Available Historic Designations: Hawai‘i Register of Historic Places Abstract The Prendergast Diamond Head Terrace Duplex was built in 1937. It is significant under Criterion A for its association with early subdivision development in Honolulu as a part of the historic Diamond Head Te rrace neighborhood developed in 1921 by the Henry Waterhouse Trust Company, Ltd. It is significant under Criterion C as an excellent example of a 1930s Craftsman duplex residence. Craftsman style details include a symmetrical fac;ade, hipped roof, open rafters, decorative corbels, and combination of wood, concrete, and stone.