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Dillingham Transpor- Hawaiian Electric Hawaii State Library tation Building (1929) Building (1927) (1913) The Mediterranean/ This four-story building is The library’s construc- 11Italian Renaissance style build- 16characteristic of an early 18th 21tion was made possible through ing was designed by architect century Spanish form that features a gift from industrialist Andrew Lincoln Rogers. The building half-stilted arched windows with Carnegie. The Greco-Roman style Historic consists of three wings connected by a covered Churriguera -decorated column supports, a corner building was designed by Henry Witchfi eld and still arcade and spans from Queen Street to Ala Moana cupola and a low-rise, polygonal tiled roof. The serves today as the downtown branch of the Hawaii Boulevard. It features an Art Deco lobby, painted building was designed by York and Sawyer with State Public Library. high ceilings, and a classical cornice. construction overseen by Emory and Webb. Downtown Honolulu Hale (1929) – FINISH LINE Alexander & Baldwin YWCA Building (1927) Designed by Dickey, Wood and others, Building (1929) The fi rst structure in Ha- this Spanish mission style building features open-to-the-sky courtyards, hand-painted Honolulu A design colabora- waii designed completely 22 12tion between Charles W. Dickey 17by a woman. Julia Morgan, known ceiling frescos, 1,500-pound bronze front doors, and and Hart Wood. The building is for her work on Hearst Castle, 4,500-pound courtyard chandeliers. The main entry a unique fusion of eastern designed the building in Spanish, faces King Street, behind a zig-zag pattern of planters and western design elements that features a dou- Colonial and Mediterranean styles. It features a two- (for security reasons) and the exterior of the build- ble-pitched hipped tile roof, a fourth fl oor lanai, story loggia fl anked by the outer buildings. ing is complex, with deeply fenestrated windows and water buffalo heads above the fi rst-fl oor windows, balconies of carved stone. The tower is particularly and a matte glazed terra cotta exterior. complex and features varied window treatments, ‘Iolani Barracks (1871) open and closed balconies, loggias and cast-concrete Built between 1870 and 1871, the barracks grill work. Joseph W. Podmore Building (1902) were home to the Royal Household Guard Located at 202 Merchant Street, it was 18and are situated within the ‘Iolani Palace grounds. Kawaiaha’o Church constructed in the Richardsonian They were designed by Theodore Heuck. The barracks and Cemetery (1842) 13Romanesque style from locally quarried lava rock. were relocated to the current position during con- This is considered to be It was originally built to be rented out as com- struction of the state capital on the original site. 23the mother Protestant Church in mercial and offi ce space; it maintains the same Hawaii. Construction started in purpose today. ‘Iolani Bandstand (1883) 1837 based on Pastor Hiram Constructed for the Bingham’s own design of a “simple New England St. Andrew’s Cathedral (1867-1958) coronation of King church”. The structure is comprised of some 14,000 It took over ninety years to complete 19Kalakaua and Queen Kapi‘olani, the coral blocks, each weighing up to 1,200 pounds. The this English Gothic-style headquarters structure was moved and rehabilitat- church continues to conduct services in both English 14of the Episcopal diocese in Hawaii. After visiting ed in the late 1900’s. Most Friday’s and Hawaiian. Queen Victoria in England, Queen Emma raised at noon the Royal Hawaiian Band performs weather $30,000 for the Anglican Church in Hawaii and permitting. Mission Memorial Building Self-Guided Tour to build St. Andrews Cathedral. Beretania was the (City Hall Annex) (1915) Built by the Hawaiian Evangelical Hawaiian interpretation for Britannia. Washington Place (1846) 24Association as a museum and archive to celebrate the A Colonial Greek revival-style house was 100th anniversary of the Protestant Missionaries in Hawaii State Art Museum ( formerly originally built for John Dominis, a Hawaii. The city took over the building during the the Army and Navy YMCA) (1928) 20clipper ship captain. It is most well known as the 1940’s and it has since been converted to the City Hall Located on the original site of the inherited residence of his daughter-in-law, Queen Annex. It is an example of Georgian architecture. 15Royal Hawaiian Hotel, the site was renovated and Lili‘uokalani. After the overthrow of the Hawaiian reconstructed in the late 1920’s to become the monarchy, the Queen lived in Washington Place until Mission Houses (1821, 1831, 1841) Army and Navy YMCA. Designed by Lincoln her death in 1917. From 1922-2003, the residence These are the oldest standing western Rogers, it features an open-sky courtyard; housed Hawaii’s governors. It is now a house museum structures in Hawaii. The timbers for the palladian windows; cast-stone detailing; and used for State events. 25fi rst house were cut and fi tted in Boston. The initial iron-grille work and light fi xtures; and arched house introduced New England style architecture openings. It is now the home of the Hawaii to Hawaii. Originally utilized as housing for the State Art Museum. missionaries, the buildings exist today as living www.historichawaii.org house museums open to the public. Hawai‘i State Capitol (1969) – START Hawaii State Archives (1906) Hawaii’s State Capitol building houses the Designed by Oliver Traphagen in the offi ces of the Governor and Lieutenant Renaissance Revival style, the building also 1Governor, offi ces of state legislators, and the cham- 6known as Kana‘ina is currently used as the offi ces bers of the state House and Senate. The Capitol was for the Friends of ‘Iolani Palace. It was originally constructed at the direction of Governor John A. constructed to house Hawaiian governmental Burns and designed by the fi rms of Belt, Lemmon & documents from before annexation based on a 1 3 5 6 8 Lo of Honolulu, John Carl Warnecke & Associates compromise with the US government. and Architects Hawai‘i. The building opened in 1969. Like the Hawaiian Islands, the Capitol is surrounded King Kamehameha 2 by water, and the outer columns that rise from the Statue (1882) refl ecting pools represent Hawaii’s palm trees. 20 The 18-foot bronze Fort St. 14 S. Beretania St. 7statue was dedicated in 1883 S. Beretania St. Board of Water Supply to represent the famed Building (1959) unifi er of the islands, King 15 1 The BWS building was Kamehameha I. It was sculpted by Thomas Gould 2completed in 1958 and was in Florence. designed by famous architect 18 Hart Wood in a local Hawaiian Style 3 Ali‘iolani Hale (1874) 6 24 that combined elements of Asian The State Supreme Court and the Judicary 19 Kapiolani Blvd. and American infl uences. The entire building is Punchbowl St. Punchbowl Alakea St. Alakea 22 History Center are located here. It is the Bishop St. Bishop 17 Richards St. 21 S. King St. constructed of reinforced concrete and the exterior S. Hotel St. 8oldest government building in Hawaii. Origi- 9 was designed by renowned landscape architect 25 nally commisioned as a new royal residence by Catherine Jones Thompson. Kamehameha IV, Kamehameha V decided that 23 it should become an administrative building. S. King St. Curtis St. 5 St. Cooke 16 7 Advertiser Building (1929) 13 The neo-Renaissance designed building by ‘Iolani Palace (1882) famed architects Walter Emory and Marshall 10 Ln. Mission Home to the Hawaiian Merchant St. 8 Webb was home of the iconic Advertiser newspaper South St. monarchy before it was Emily St. Emily 3 for over eighty years until the paper merged with the 12 Queen St. 9overthrown in 1893, ‘Iolani Star-Bulletin in 2010. 4 Palace was built in the Itali- 11 anate style with fl uted cast-iron Kaka‘ako Fire Station (1929) Corinthian columns, decorative iron railings, Built in the Spanish Mission mansard-style tower roofs, and wide lanai on all Ala Moana Blvd. Mililani St. style, the historic fi re station sides. After the overthrow, from 1895 to 1968, Halekauwila St. 4is considered to be haunted. It is ‘Iolani Palace served as the capitol of the Repub- located across from the graveyard lic, Territory and State of Hawaii. Restored to its of smallpox victims from the 1850’s. original grandeur, the building opened to the Coral St. Coral Keawe St. Keawe Kamehameha III created Honolulu’s fi re department, public as a historic site in 1978. making it the only one in America sponsored by Pohukaina St. royalty. US Post Offi ce, Custom House, and Territorial Building (Kekuanao‘a) (1925) Court House (1922) Large fl uted Corinthian columns grace the 10Designed by New York archi- front of this classical revival-style building. tects York and Sawyer, this 5A stained-glass dome is positioned above the lobby. classic Mediterranean-style Built as a governmental offi ce building it continues structure features large roof overhangs, shaded to function as such today. arcades, open interior courtyards, spacious porticos, and two towers. It is still currently used as the Downtown Post Offi ce. 15 18 20 22 25 www.historichawaii.org.
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