Oahu Sites

Address 352 Auwaiolimu Street, Honolulu, HI 96813 TMK 220140090000 SHPD Historic Site Number N/A Abstract Yee King Tong became an association in 1889 and offered members a burial plot on the slopes of Punchbowl in return for a membership fee, initiating the creation of the Yee King Tong Cemetery. The cemetery was one of several Chinese cemeteries established in this area in the late nineteenth century and is significant under Criterion A for its associations with the Chinese in Hawai‘i. It is significant, too, under Criterion C as a good example of a Chinese cemetery active in Hawai‘i from the late 19th through the 21st century. The Cemetery represents typical tombstone designs of the period, and the presence of many headstones written in Chinese reflects the ethnic origins of the cemetery as does the existence of a bone house. Preferred funerary practices dictated that after death, people’s remains be held in containers in a bone house until circumstances enabled them to be disinterred and sent back to China for burial in the village of one’s birth.

Address Off Kalanianaole Highway, Honolulu, HI 96825 TMK (1) 3-9-012-002 SHPD Historic Site Number 50-80-15-09391 Abstract The Ojizo (guardian) Monument stands at the Bamboo Ridge overlook at Halona Point (Koko Head). It is among the significant Honolulu stone monuments carved by sculptor and engraver Sentaro Otsubo, whose primary business was carving gravestones. This is the third Ojizo at this location; vandals destroyed the first two free standing statues placed there to protect fisherman who frequent this popular and challenging ulua fishing spot. The Monument, carved and installed in 1935, is made of lava rock and uses the engraved carving method in which inscriptions are incised and material removed leaving recesses that allow light and shadows to describe the bas relief and calligraphy. The Ojizo Monument is significant under Criterion C as an excellent example of twentieth century stone carving. It is also significant under Criterion A for its contribution to the theme of the creation of permanent stone monuments around southern O‘ahu to honor Issei and Nisei Japanese American ancestors.

Address Bounded by Queen Street, Nimitz Highway, and Topa Financial Center building facade TMK N/A SHPD Historic Site Number Not Yet Available Abstract Walker Park is locally significant under Criterion A for its association with post-World War II community planning and transportation on the island of O‘ahu, and under Criterion C for its design as a modern pedestrian plaza. With its broad, paved open space, fountain, decorative planters, and seating integrated into the hardscape, is a successful example of office tower plazas typical of the era. The triangular plot of land is the result of a major road construction and traffic alleviation project initiated in the 1930s and completed in the 1950s. Originally a traffic island created in 1952, it was designed by Honolulu landscape architects Catherine and Robert Thompson. The designed plaza portion was added and the site named Walker Park, in honor of former Amfac, Inc. executive Henry Alexander Walker, Sr., in 1972. The plaza and fountain were designed by architect William D. Podesto and landscape architect Anthony M. Guzzardo & Associates, both of San Francisco. The 1972 plaza’s connection and integration into the 1952 landscaped traffic island is an early example of private development of a public open space. The later period changes, creating a plaza or mall from a block of Fort Street, and the addition of salvaged historic objects and art to the landscape, are considered integral to the resource. The landscape and hardscape work done in 1971-1972 expanded the original boundaries of the park up to the new building facade, and added the salvaged historic building materials, art objects, and commemorative signage to the site.

Address Kamehameha Highway and Kalauao Springs, ‘Aiea SHPD Historic Site Number Not Yet Available Historic Designations: Hawai‘i Register of Historic Places Abstract Kalauao Springs Bridge was built in 1936 when post-wartime activities required additional bridges. In 1966, the bridge was widened illustrating changes in history and construction practices. The bridge is significant under Criterion A for its association with the history of O'ahu's road transportation system and as part of the Kamehameha Highway segment of the belt road system. It enlists a parapet design using concrete with cross-shaped voids and concrete stanchions at the ends.

Address Kamehameha Highway and Kalauao Stream, ‘Aiea SHPD Historic Site Number Not Yet Available Historic Designations: Hawai‘i Register of Historic Places Abstract Kalauao Stream Bridge was built in 1936 when post-wartime activities required additional bridges. In 1966, the bridge was widened illustrating changes in history and construction practices. The bridge is significant under Criterion A for its association with the history of O'ahu's road transportation system and as part of the Kamehameha Highway segment of the belt road system. It enlists a parapet design using concrete with cross-shaped voids and concrete stanchions at the ends.

Address Kapolei Regional Park (Fort Barrette Rd., no street address), Kapolei TMK (1) 9-1-160:032, 033, 034 Bishop Museum Site # 138 State Inventory of Historic Places (SIHP) 50-80-12-5919 & -5918 SHPD Historic Site Number Not Yet Available Historic Designations: Hawai‘i Register of Historic Places Abstract Pu'u o Kapolei is named for the natural landscape feature on the limestone 'Ewa plain of southwestern O'ahu. It was once home to a famous heiau in Hawaiian prehistory. Beginning in 1931, it was used as a military installation known as Fort Barrette. Historical writings recount its use as a reference point for trails connecting the west side of O'ahu with the rest of its south shore and as an observation point to study the movement of the setting sun throughout the year, which informed annual time keeping. It is significant under Criterion D as a site yielding information and connection to Hawai'i's pre-contact history. Pu'u o Kapolei is significant to Native Hawaiian heritage as a place where ongoing traditional and customary practices and place based education programs link contemporary people with their ancestors, and their future progeny, in a way that is consistent with Hawaiian traditions.

Address Dillingham Boulevard and Kapalama Drainage Canal, Honolulu SHPD Historic Site Number Not Yet Available Historic Designations: Hawai‘i Register of Historic Places Abstract The Kapālama Canal Bridge was built by the City and County of Honolulu in 1930. The bridge is significant under Criterion A for its contribution to the development of an effective road transportation system on O'ahu. The construction of Kapa lama Canal Bridge and the development of Dillingham Boulevard opened the entire tract of land between King Street and Waiakamilo Road for expansion. The bridge is a five-span, reinforced concrete tee-beam structure, the most common in Hawai'i at the time, featuring narrow arched-top voids and a parapet design.

Address Both mauka and makai sides of Dillingham Boulevard, from Kokea Street to North King Street, Honolulu TMK -- SHPD Historic Site Number Not Yet Available Historic Designations: Hawai‘i Register of Historic Places Abstract The Dillingham Boulevard Kamani Tree Rows Allee is significant under Criterion A as an important feature of Honolulu's roadway and urban beautification efforts in the 1930s. The Allee represents the street tree planting and enhancement inspired by the City Beautiful movement of the 1890s through the 1900s, a reform philosophy that prevailed in the United States and Europe in response to changes brought by the industrial revolution. The Shade Tree Commission planted the kamani trees along Dillingham Boulevard. Of the original 100 trees planted in 1931 between N. King and Dillingham, 44 remain in this section.

Address 2642 Kapiolani Blvd, Honolulu, HI  96826 TMK (1) 2-7-018:024 SHPD Historic Site Number 50-80-14-07748 Abstract Approved for Criterion C (Architecture and Engineering, specifically monument and landscape architecture).  The cemetery was founded in 1908, and sits atop a basalt lava flow that left the site with poor agricultural potential but ideal for the development of a cemetery.  Grave sites were needed as large numbers of the ethnic Japanese community expanded exponentially with an increasing birthrate and migrations from the plantations into Honolulu, and from the 1886 and 1900 fire-ravaged Downtown/Chinatown 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.