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Wailua: Ke Awāwa o Nā Ali‘i – Valley of The Kings
Wailua: Ke Awāwa o Nā Ali‘i – Valley of The Kings

Wailua: Ke Awāwa o Nā Ali‘i – Valley of The Kings

April 24, 2020: This stunning video presents the cultural importance of Wailuanuiaho‘ano, the great sacred Wailua, located on the East side of Kaua‘i, along the Wailua River. Captured are the abundance of historic sites in this rich cultural landscape and the royal lineage, mo‘olelo and histories of people who lived there. As the seat of power for several generations of ali‘i, Wailua was the political, religious and social center from the mid-13th century through the reign of Kaumuali‘i. The Wailua Complex of Heiau, a National Historic Landmark, consists of four heiau: Hikinaakalā, Malaeho‘akoa, Holoholokū and Poliahu; Hauola pu‘uhonua (place of refuge); Ho‘ohanau pohaku royal birthing stone; and a bellstone. Kumu hula and residents of Wailua share their personal connection to the area as a spiritual center connected to the greater universe; as a place rich in history and identity; and as a place of inspiration, ingrained with the wisdom of our kūpuna. The video was produced as one of several measures in response to community concern related to transportation facilities proposed in the area that were addressed during Section 106 consultation, of which Historic Hawai‘i Foundation was a consulting party. It has been selected to receive an Interpretive Media Preservation Award as an exemplary and impactful interpretation of the significance of a historic site. The Preservation Award will recognize Palikū Documentary Films, the Hawai‘i Department of Transportation, Kehau Kekua, Freckles Smith, and Beverly Muraoka. The fi ‘ lm was directed by Nā‘ālehu Anthony. By Andrea Nandoskar and Beth Iwata, staff of Historic Hawai‘i Foundation. https://youtu.be/bQXt06f5Zw0

HistoricHawaii2020-05-21T13:49:30-10:00April 24th, 2020|Categories: Blog, Preservation Awards|Tags: #Kauai, #PreservationAwards, #SavingPlaces, #ThisPlaceMatters, #Wailua, Hawaii|

Peter T. Young and “The Voyage of the Thaddeus”
Peter T. Young and “The Voyage of the Thaddeus”

Peter T. Young and “The Voyage of the Thaddeus”

Peter T. Young photo: Jennifer Barra 4/23/2020 - Peter T. Young is receiving an Individual Achievement Award for his commitment to preserving Hawai‘i ’s culture and history through both his public and private service. His contributions have included years as a school teacher, as head of a series of State of Hawai‘i government departments, in leadership roles with community organizations, and at present, as a consultant on land use planning and environmental reviews. For the past three years, Peter has served as the president of the Hawaiian Mission Houses Historic Site and Archives, which this year celebrates its 200th anniversary. He is overseeing and coordinating the Hawaiian Mission Bicentennial activities across the Islands and in New England. His work as a historian is available for everyone to enjoy and to learn more details of Hawai‘i’s history through his online publication, Ho’okuleana, where you will find links to his additional website, “Images of Old Hawai‘i”, and “The Voyage of the Thaddeus” journal. The website consists of historic summaries of people, places, and events in Hawai‘i’s past. Peter continuously adds entries to it as he uncovers new topics. “The Voyage of the Thaddeus” is the result of Peter’s years of studying the journals of the first Christian missionary company that arrived in Hawai‘i in 1820. Peter has been posting daily entries about the voyage beginning in October 22, 2019 and continuing to this day. He focuses on selected quotes written on the same day 200 years ago in the personal journals of missionaries and the captain and crew of the Thaddeus. Starting with the ship’s departure from New England on October 23, 1819, through its six months entirely at sea, to its arrival in Honolulu [...]

HistoricHawaii2020-05-21T13:48:51-10:00April 23rd, 2020|Categories: Blog, Preservation Awards|Tags: #PreservationAwards, #thaddeus, Preservation|

Maile Melrose and her Passion to Preserve Kona
Maile Melrose and her Passion to Preserve Kona

Maile Melrose and her Passion to Preserve Kona

June 23, 2020: Hawai‘i Public Radio’s Ku‘uwehi Hiraishi interviews Maile Melrose about her family's experience with the Spanish Flu epidemic of 1918 which took the life of her mother’s brother. Click here to listen. April 23, 2020: Maile Melrose is a woman wedded to place. As a multi-generational kama‘āina of South Kona, Melrose has committed her life to protecting and perpetuating the history, flora and fauna of the Kona District. She is a highly respected historian, researcher, author, speaker and noted living history storyteller with a background in Anthropology and Hawaiian Studies. Maile is the great-granddaughter of Henry Nicholas Greenwell, founder of the H.N. Greenwell Store, the oldest surviving store in Kona. Considered one of Kona’s living treasures, Maile holds deep knowledge of Kona's families, places, businesses and history. With her understanding of intricate relationships between places and people, Maile is able to weave a complex narrative about the people who have shaped this incredible history. Her work highlights the Hawaiian families of the Kona ahupua‘a and their stories and traditions that have persisted through the disruption of Western Contact, the achievements of European adventurers in their curiosity about the Hawaiian Islands through the 1800s, as well as the families who shape Kona's landmark agricultural industries, ranching and coffee. Renowned for her storytelling skills, as a volunteer of the Kona Historical Society and Living History Museum, Maile inspires and educates visitors with place-based lore. Her passion is evident in her performances in the Society’s cemetery tours and historical Jeep Tours. In the Hanohano ‘o Kona Lecture Series, Maile shares her knowledge of Kona's natural history and unique bird and plant species. She has published stories of Kona in online form for several years via KHS' [...]

HistoricHawaii2020-06-30T18:06:27-10:00April 23rd, 2020|Categories: Blog, Preservation Awards|Tags: #AmyGreenwellGarden, #Kona, #Peoplesavingplaces, #PreservationAwards, #SavingPlaces|

Announcing the 2020 Preservation Award Honorees
Announcing the 2020 Preservation Award Honorees

Announcing the 2020 Preservation Award Honorees

Historic Hawai‘i Foundation is pleased to announce the honorees for the 46th Annual Historic Preservation Honor Awards. Inaugurated in 1975, the Historic Preservation Honor Awards are Hawai‘i’s highest recognition of projects, organizations, publications and individuals active in preservation, rehabilitation, restoration, or interpretation of archaeological, architectural, and cultural sites throughout the Hawaiian Islands. This year’s honorees reflect the rich diversity of Hawai‘i’s history and heritage. Through partnership and engagement, the honorees exemplify the spirit of collaboration in our communities.

HistoricHawaii2021-01-05T14:07:25-10:00April 17th, 2020|Categories: Uncategorized|Tags: #Awards, #Historic, #HistoricHawaiiFoundation, #HistoricPreservation, #HistoricSites, #PreservationAwards, #SavingPlaces|

12th Annual Frank Haines Award For Lifetime Achievement
12th Annual Frank Haines Award For Lifetime Achievement

12th Annual Frank Haines Award For Lifetime Achievement

Historic Hawaii Foundation Honors Photographer David Franzen © David Franzen 4/15/2020: Photographer David Franzen has been selected as the 2020 Frank Haines Award recipient for his outstanding contributions to historic preservation through documentation of the architecture, interior design, and landscapes of the Hawaiian Islands. His images capture people and places—private residences, museums, schools, hotels, corporate offices, military bases, cultural sites, bridges and parks—and reflect the dramatic development and social change Hawai‘i has experienced since the 1970s. Franzen was born in Boston and raised in New York City, where he began his career as an apprentice of Ezra Stoller, a renowned architectural photographer. In 1973, he started Franzen Photography and continued to work out of New York. After completing assignments around the country and establishing his name in travel, architectural and interior photography, David relocated to Hawai‘i in 1978. While the body of his work expanded through editorial, documentary and corporate projects, the foundation of his business has remained architecture and interior design. David’s beautiful images have appeared in countless advertisements, books and magazines around the world. His published works include the books The Art of Mauna Kea and The View From Diamond Head, calendars for the Department of Land and Natural Resources, and booklets for Historic Hawai‘i Foundation. Most recently, David has announced that he will donate his work to the Hawai‘i State Archives, helping to promote the understanding, appreciation and preservation of Hawai‘i’s history, aesthetics and architecture. The Library of Congress also has on file over 5,000 of his images in its Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record/Historic American Landscapes Survey Collection. Q&A with David Franzen Please share how you decided to pursue photography as a profession and how you became [...]

HistoricHawaii2020-08-03T13:40:32-10:00April 15th, 2020|Categories: Blog, Preservation Awards|Tags: #FrankHaines, #HistoricHawaiiFoundation, #PreservationAwards|

Lāna‘i City Housing Program Preserves Historic Charm of Era
Lāna‘i City Housing Program Preserves Historic Charm of Era

Lāna‘i City Housing Program Preserves Historic Charm of Era

Preservation Honor Awards Recognizes Lāna‘i City Historic Housing Program for Perpetuating Town Design and Community 4/15/2020: Anyone fortunate enough to be guided through a tour of historic Lāna‘i City knows its charms. The “Pineapple Island” no longer produces pineapple, but the built environment still reflects the design and community memories of the early 20th-century agricultural era. Over the past five years, Pūlama Lāna‘i has engaged in a comprehensive program to preserve, maintain, rehabilitate, reconstruct and replace historic housing within Lāna‘i City. The program includes both treatments for existing buildings and the production of new infill housing. Lāna‘i City was a planned community that followed the urban design principles of the Garden City movement, as adapted and interpreted by the Hawaiian Pineapple Company’s (HAPCo) “Village” planning standards in the early 1920s. The town plan followed the concepts of a central greenspace (Dole Park) with tree-lined streets and avenues, generous yards and setbacks for gardens and vegetation, and designated areas of housing, businesses, civic areas, industry and agriculture. It is considered the first planned community in the Territory of Hawai‘i (1923). Aerial photograph of Lāna‘i City taken on October 23, 1929, looking northwest. Courtesy Lāna‘i Culture & Heritage Center. Designed by engineer David E. Root and substantially completed by 1924, Lāna‘i City is the last intact extant example of “Garden City” and “Village” planning standards remaining in Maui County, and one of only three in the state (the others are the Hickam and Wheeler Historic Districts on military installations on O‘ahu, constructed in the 1930s-1940s). According to the documentation submitted to nominate the Lāna‘i City historic district to the Hawai‘i Register of Historic Places, the town also contains the largest collection of intact plantation period buildings [...]

HistoricHawaii2020-05-13T14:34:10-10:00April 15th, 2020|Categories: Blog|Tags: #Lanai, #PreservationAwards, #SavingPlaces|