U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Foundry, Seventh Street near Avenue F intersection, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

Significance: It is located within the Pearl Harbor National Historic Landmark. It is associated with the early establishment of the Shipyard at Pearl Harbor and has a distinctive type and period of construction. The building is important because it is part of the initial round of buildings constructed at Pearl Harbor Navy yard, ca. 1913, just after the channel was dredged to allow the passage of large ships. The buildings that went up during this initial round of construction housed activities which formed the core of the Navy Yard and got it operational. Facility 6, as a foundry, worked in concert with the other original facilities; forge boiler shop, woodworking, paint shop, power plant, ice plant, storehouse, and administration to bring the Navy Yard to life. The design of Facility 6, steel-framed with its tall gable roof and ridge monitor, is distinctive of many of the industrial buildings which were erected during the period of initial construction. Facility 6 is also notable for the fact that it has been in continuous use up until 1998 when the foundry was officially closed for its original purpose since its opening in 1913. This building is part of a grouping of important historic buildings in close proximity to each other, including Facility 12 (HABS HI-447), 14 (HABS HI-463), 7 (HABS HI-486), 1170 (HABS HI-505), and 385 (HABS HI-503).
Survey number: HABS HI-485
Building/structure dates: 1913 Initial Construction
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000940