Merchant & Nuuanu Streets, Yokohama Specie Bank Building, 24-32 Merchant Street, Honolulu, Honolulu County, HI
Summary
Significance: The Yokohama Specie Bank was the first Japanese bank to be established in the Hawaiian islands as a branch of Japan's premier banking establishment. This sophisticated Merchant Street structure reflects the transplanted Japanese people's presence in the community.
Survey number: HABS HI-55-D
Building/structure dates: 1908 Initial Construction
Tags
Date
1908 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Kerr, Harry Livingston
Schara, Mark, project manager
Price, Virginia B, transmitter
Location
hawaii, 21.30990, -157.86334
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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