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The style became known as Hawaiian plantation architecture featuring low profile wood frames, vertical plank siding and large porticos. Roofs were the most distinguishable parts of Hawaiian plantation structures as they were wide-hipped or bellcast and had eaves that were deep bracketed.
Dickey’s California firm designed the plantation office building for the Hawaiian Commercial and Sugar Company (HC&S) at Puunene, Maui in 1917 (and his Honolulu firm designed renovations to the building ten years later). HC&S, a division of Alexander & Baldwin, Inc., was the last remaining sugar plantation in Hawaii when it closed in 2016.
The 5,580-square-foot (518 m 2) building was constructed in 1915 as the Waimea Elementary School.At its completion, the structure was the first public school in the historic ranching community of Waimea and among the earliest schoolhouses built in the Hawaiian plantation style.
Hart Wood FAIA (December 26, 1880 – October 6, 1957) was an American architect who flourished during the "Golden Age" [1] of Hawaiian architecture.He was one of the principal proponents of a distinctive "Hawaiian style" of architecture appropriate to the local environment and reflective of the cultural heritage of the islands.
First schoolhouse serving Waimea community and example of early Hawaiian plantation style 90: Whitney Seismograph Vault No. 29: Whitney Seismograph Vault No. 29: July 24, 1974 : Southwest of Hilo on Hawaii Route 11 in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
Hale is a traditional form of Hawaiian architecture, known for its distinctive style, practicality, and close relationship with the natural environment. These indigenous structures were designed to be highly functional, meeting a menagerie of needs in Hawaiian society.
The plantation consisted of fifteen thousand acres on the slopes of Haleakala on the island of Maui. [7] James Makee and Julius A. Anthon had been doing business as Makee, Anthon & Co until 1852. At that time they dissolved their shipping and commissions agency and completed construction of their last enterprise together.
From 1913 to 1917 a row of small houses were built for plantation workers. The houses were called Kaipu Camp after the Hawaiian name for a Chinese foreman of the plantation. [6] The main estate house has two bedrooms, writing room, two bathrooms, and a library on the first floor. A grand staircase leads up to the second floor which has more ...