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The HHF Historic Preservation Grants Program supports projects that preserve historic buildings or sites as a vehicle for building community and enhancing Hawai‘i's sense of place.  These 3 Lahaina projects are great examples! Lahaina Restoration Foundation recently completed three important preservation projects in Lahaina, Maui: replacing cracked roof tiles at Old Lahaina Courthouse (1859); repairing and repainting the perimeter fence at Hale Aloha (1853) and replacing the wooden viewing platform for the locomotives at the Pioneer Mill Smokestack (1928). The Mill is eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places. The other buildings are designated as contributing structures in the Lahaina National Historic Landmark. Repairs to the Red Tile Roof at Old Lahaina Courthouse  Built in 1859, this two-story building with full basement was a customs house for whaling and trading ships and government offices. The Lahaina Post Office was located here until the early 1980s. Today the building is home to the Lahaina Heritage Museum, Lahaina Visitor Center and Lahaina Arts Society. The building features a video theater, hallway exhibits and public restrooms. Over 150 of the red tiles on the roof were cracked during a termite tenting process due to the weight of the tent and fragility of the tiles. The project included using drone photography of the roof to identify the number and location of each of the individual broken tiles. The roofing contractor then individually replaced and repaired the damaged areas. The resulting roof is weather-tight and the repairs match the original materials and design. Theo Morrison, executive director of Lahaina Restoration Foundation (LRF), said that the biggest challenge was finding appropriate tiles that matched the material, dimensions, color and finish. The current tiles were installed in the [...]

The Sam and Mary Cooke Preservation Fund for Hawai‘i supports preservation activities and projects that help preserve and enhance historic places in Hawai’i for future generations. In the second half of 2021, these four projects were awarded grants from the fund. Adaptive Reuse Restoration Assessment and Production of Schematic Design for CW Dickey House, Waihe‘e, Maui The Hawai‘i Islands Land Trust (HILT) plans to restore the Plantation Manager’s House at Waihe‘e Coastal Dunes and Wetlands Refuge for use as a cultural education center.  The house was designed by architect C.W. Dickey in 1937 for the former Wailuku Sugar Company’s Waihe‘e Dairy as a beach cottage for the plantation manager. The 3-bedroom 2-bathroom home displays a classic example of the signature “Dickey Roof” and looks strikingly similar to the architect’s own home in Waikīkī. The house has been unused since 2004 due to its poor condition and is beginning to collapse. Waihe‘e Coastal Dunes and Wetlands Refuge is a 277-acre property located on Maui’s north shore. It is owned and maintained by HILT, which has restored a large portion of the land to serve as a native wildlife habitat, while also preserving the area’s significant archaeological and cultural features. The Refuge is thought to be one of the earliest sites on Maui, containing at least 93 archaeological sites ranging from the 10th century to the plantation era.  Once populated with two thriving villages, Kapoho and Kapokea, the property contains loko i‘a, a fishpond, and several heiau.  The sand dunes along the coast are geologically significant as the last remaining segment of dunes formed during the Ice Age about 20,000 years ago.  The dunes are being preserved as a sacred site of Hawaiians burials. The restoration [...]