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Merchant & Nuuanu Streets, Stangenwald Building, 115 Merchant Street, Honolulu, Honolulu County, HI

Merchant & Nuuanu Streets, Stangenwald Building, 115 Merchant Street, ...

Significance: At six stories, the Stangenwald building was considered Hawaii's first skyscraper and one of the most prestigious addresses in Honolulu. It was functionally progressive, and its Beaux Arts classi... More

Merchant & Nuuanu Streets, Yokohama Specie Bank Building, 24-32 Merchant Street, Honolulu, Honolulu County, HI

Merchant & Nuuanu Streets, Yokohama Specie Bank Building, 24-32 Mercha...

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 r... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Ammunition Wharf Type, Water's edge at north end of installation, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Ammunition Wharf Type, Water's edge at ...

The name was changed from Naval Magazine Lualualei, West Loch Branch, Ammunition Wharf Type to U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Ammunition Type Wharf to more accurately reflect its name. Significance: These struc... More

Stricken from the air. Testifying to the extent of the Japanese sneak attacks are these three stricken U.S. battleships. Left to right: U.S.S. West Virginia, severely damaged; U.S.S. Tennessee, damaged; and U.S.S. Arizona, sunk

Stricken from the air. Testifying to the extent of the Japanese sneak ...

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Pearl Harbor bombing. After the fire. Battered by aerial torpedoes and bomb hits, the 31,800 ton USS West Virginia (nearest ship) rests on the bottom of Pearl Harbor. Fire following the explosions as well as oil flames from the nearby sunken USS Arizona added extensively to the damage. Noted the wrecked scout plane topside of gun turret at right and the overturned plane in the right hand corner. The battleship USS Tennessee is in the background

Pearl Harbor bombing. After the fire. Battered by aerial torpedoes and...

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Japanese enlistment. These Americans are striding determinedly into their draft boards at Waipahu, Territory of Hawaii, to sign voluntary induction applications. They have just been allowed to enlist in a recently formed U.S. Army combat regiment made up of 1,500 Americans of Japanese ancestry and are part of a group of 110, all of whom applied at the same time

Japanese enlistment. These Americans are striding determinedly into th...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Image source: U.S. Army Signal Corps. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Pictu... More

Merchant & Nuuanu Streets, T. R. Foster Building, 902 Nuuanu Street, Honolulu, Honolulu County, HI

Merchant & Nuuanu Streets, T. R. Foster Building, 902 Nuuanu Street, H...

Significance: The T.R. Foster building was commissioned by the Inter-Island Steamship Navigation Company, one of the most successful steamship companies of the late nineteenth century, as a memorial to its foun... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Splinterproof Air Raid Shelters, Various locations throughout base, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Splinterproof Air Raid Shelters, Variou...

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YWCA Building, 1040 Richards Street, Honolulu, Honolulu County, HI

YWCA Building, 1040 Richards Street, Honolulu, Honolulu County, HI

Survey number: HABS HI-528 Building/structure dates: 1927 Initial Construction

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Instrument Shop & Electrical Shop Lean-to, Avenue E, between Sixth & Seventh Streets, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Instrument Shop & Electrical Shop Lean-...

Significance: These shops are significant for their association with the build-up of the Naval Shipyard facilities in years prior to the U.S. entry into WWII, as well as the Navy's response to the December 7th ... More

Waikele Canal Bridge and Highway Overpass, Farrington Highway and Waikele Stream, Waipahu, Honolulu County, HI

Waikele Canal Bridge and Highway Overpass, Farrington Highway and Waik...

STORED ON SITE. mchr Significance: The Waikele Canal Bridge and Highway Overpass above the former railroad right-of-way of the Oahu Railway & Land Co. (hereafter caleed the OR&L Bridge) are significant for thei... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Dry Dock No. 3, On northern shoreline of shipyard, west of Dry Dock Nos. 1 & 2, near the intersection of Avenue G and Sixth Street, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Dry Dock No. 3, On northern shoreline o...

Significance: This dry dock is associated with the expansion of waterfront facilities at Pearl Harbor in the 1940s. The dock was built using a distinctive method of construction and was built under "wartime" co... More

Camp H.M. Smith and Navy Public Works Center Manana Title VII (Capehart) Housing, U-Shaped Three-Bedroom Duplex Type 4, Acacia Road, Birch Circle, Cedar Drive and Elm Drive, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

Camp H.M. Smith and Navy Public Works Center Manana Title VII (Capehar...

Significance: The housing area was constructed as a Capehart project in 1959 for Marine Corps and Navy personnel. It was one of many similar projects built throughout Hawaii and the nation under the Capehart Ac... More

Camp H.M. Smith and Navy Public Works Center Manana Title VII (Capehart) Housing, U-Shaped Three-Bedroom Duplex Type 4, Acacia Road, Birch Circle, Cedar Drive and Elm Drive, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

Camp H.M. Smith and Navy Public Works Center Manana Title VII (Capehar...

Significance: The housing area was constructed as a Capehart project in 1959 for Marine Corps and Navy personnel. It was one of many similar projects built throughout Hawaii and the nation under the Capehart Ac... More

Camp H.M. Smith and Navy Public Works Center Manana Title VII (Capehart) Housing, U-Shaped Three-Bedroom Duplex Type 4, Acacia Road, Birch Circle, Cedar Drive and Elm Drive, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

Camp H.M. Smith and Navy Public Works Center Manana Title VII (Capehar...

Significance: The housing area was constructed as a Capehart project in 1959 for Marine Corps and Navy personnel. It was one of many similar projects built throughout Hawaii and the nation under the Capehart Ac... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Fleet Air Base Dispensary, Hornet Avenue between Essex & Enterprise Streets, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Fleet Air Base Dispensary, Hornet Avenu...

Significance: Facility No. 76 was built as a dispensary in 1941, as part of the expansion of the Naval Air Station on Ford Island in the period preceding World War II. Facility No. 76 is significant as an inte... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Brig, Neville Way near Ninth Street at Marine Barracks, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Brig, Neville Way near Ninth Street at ...

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U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Hospital Point, Junior Officer's Quarters Type, 11-12 First Street, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Hospital Point, Juni...

Significance: This type is significant to the Hospital Point neighborhood, as it is associated with the development of the naval hospital at Pearl Harbor. This type is an example of the shift in architectural ... More

Naval Air Station Barbers Point, Quonset Hut Type 2 - 40' x 200', Norris Street south of Vinson Road, Ewa, Honolulu County, HI

Naval Air Station Barbers Point, Quonset Hut Type 2 - 40' x 200', Norr...

Significance: Hundreds of thousands of quonset huts were erected as temporary buildings all over the globe during World War II and became "the archetypal military building type of the war." These buildings emb... More

Hickam Field, Officers' Housing Type L, 702 Julian Avenue, Honolulu, Honolulu County, HI

Hickam Field, Officers' Housing Type L, 702 Julian Avenue, Honolulu, H...

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Hickam Field, Officers' Housing Type L, 702 Julian Avenue, Honolulu, Honolulu County, HI

Hickam Field, Officers' Housing Type L, 702 Julian Avenue, Honolulu, H...

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Naval Air Station Barbers Point, Officer House with Garage Type, Franklin & Saratoga Avenues, Ewa, Honolulu County, HI

Naval Air Station Barbers Point, Officer House with Garage Type, Frank...

Significance: These housing units are significant as the quarters of the senior officers of the Naval Air Station. Two of the three garages are historic buildings that contribute to this historic group of stru... More

Naval Air Station Barbers Point, Officer House with Garage Type, Franklin & Saratoga Avenues, Ewa, Honolulu County, HI

Naval Air Station Barbers Point, Officer House with Garage Type, Frank...

Significance: These housing units are significant as the quarters of the senior officers of the Naval Air Station. Two of the three garages are historic buildings that contribute to this historic group of stru... More

Naval Air Station Barbers Point, Officer House with Garage Type, Franklin & Saratoga Avenues, Ewa, Honolulu County, HI

Naval Air Station Barbers Point, Officer House with Garage Type, Frank...

Significance: These housing units are significant as the quarters of the senior officers of the Naval Air Station. Two of the three garages are historic buildings that contribute to this historic group of stru... More

Naval Air Station Barbers Point, Officer House with Garage Type, Franklin & Saratoga Avenues, Ewa, Honolulu County, HI

Naval Air Station Barbers Point, Officer House with Garage Type, Frank...

Significance: These housing units are significant as the quarters of the senior officers of the Naval Air Station. Two of the three garages are historic buildings that contribute to this historic group of stru... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Temporary Storehouses - 1944 Type, North Road at Neches Avenue, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Temporary Storehouses - 1944 Type, Nort...

Significance: Facility Nos. 489, 490, and 491 are associated with the expansion of facilities at the Naval base during WWII. They were the second set of storehouses built on the fill land that created Kuahua Pe... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Temporary Storehouses - 1944 Type, North Road at Neches Avenue, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Temporary Storehouses - 1944 Type, Nort...

Significance: Facility Nos. 489, 490, and 491 are associated with the expansion of facilities at the Naval base during WWII. They were the second set of storehouses built on the fill land that created Kuahua Pe... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Hale Alii, Officers' Quarters Two Story Type, 1-5, 7-8 Hale Alii Avenue, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Hale Alii, Officers'...

Significance: Facilities 1001, 1002, 1004, 1036, 1037, 1038, and 1039 are excellent examples of early twentieth-century Craftsman-style architecture. The structures are distinctive for their use of materials s... More

Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard, Building No. 58, Pearl Harbor Shipyard, South Corner of Avenue G & Sixth Street, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard, Building No. 58, Pearl Harbor Shipyard, S...

Significance: Building No. 58 is a permanent, three-sided, two story industrial building, containing a floor area of 31,4000 square feet. This building consists of reinforced concrete footings, steel frame, me... More

Naval Magazine Lualualei, Headquarters Branch, Administration Building, Between Constitution & Constellation Streets, east side of main quad, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

Naval Magazine Lualualei, Headquarters Branch, Administration Building...

Significance: This building serves as an excellent intact example of military construction from the 1930s, and is significant as part of the initial base construction. It has served a significant role as the m... More

Camp H.M. Smith and Navy Public Works Center Manana Title VII (Capehart) Housing, M-Shaped Four-Bedroom Duplex Type 5, Birch Circle, Cedar Drive, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

Camp H.M. Smith and Navy Public Works Center Manana Title VII (Capehar...

Significance: The housing area was constructed as a Capehart project in 1959 for Marine Corps and Navy personnel. It was one of many similar projects built throughout Hawaii and the nation under the Capehart Ac... More

Camp H.M. Smith and Navy Public Works Center Manana Title VII (Capehart) Housing, M-Shaped Four-Bedroom Duplex Type 5, Birch Circle, Cedar Drive, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

Camp H.M. Smith and Navy Public Works Center Manana Title VII (Capehar...

Significance: The housing area was constructed as a Capehart project in 1959 for Marine Corps and Navy personnel. It was one of many similar projects built throughout Hawaii and the nation under the Capehart Ac... More

Ewa Plantation Company Industrial Center, Honouliuli Plain, near intersection of Renton Road & Park Row, Ewa, Honolulu County, HI

Ewa Plantation Company Industrial Center, Honouliuli Plain, near inter...

Significance: Sugar plantations had a pivotal role in Hawaii's history. They were the main economic engines that fueled Hawaii's change from subsistence agriculture to a commodity-based system. Sugar plantati... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Makalapa, Straight Two-Bedroom Duplex Type O, South end of Kamakani Place, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Makalapa, Straight T...

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U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Pearl City Peninsula, Defense Housing Project Type 47, 310 & 318 Laniwai Avenues, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Pearl City Peninsula...

Significance: This housing type is significant as an example of the residences added by the Navy after World War II to the large shoreline lots at Pearl City Peninsula. These two houses are the only known rema... More

Schofield Barracks Military Reservation, Duplex Housing Type with Corner Entries, Between Hamilton & Tidball Streets near Williston Avenue, Wahiawa, Honolulu County, HI

Schofield Barracks Military Reservation, Duplex Housing Type with Corn...

Significance: The wood Craftsman housing designs show a conscious response to popular and regional architectural styles, and to the tropical environment of the site. These houses at Schofield combine some of t... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Floating Dry Dock Quay, Hurt Avenue at northwest side of Magazine Loch, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Floating Dry Dock Quay, Hurt Avenue at ...

Significance: The Naval Base at Pearl Harbor was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1964, due to the crucial role it played in the Nation's defense during the twentieth century and the calamitous eve... More

Hickam Field, Officers' Housing Type N, 204B Second Street, Honolulu, Honolulu County, HI

Hickam Field, Officers' Housing Type N, 204B Second Street, Honolulu, ...

Significance: The Type N housing units were part of the development of Hickam Air Base in the late 1930s and early 1940s as the Army Air Corps shifted its operations from Ford Island and utilized the larger are... More

Old Courthouse, Queen Street between Fort & Bishop Streets, Honolulu, Honolulu County, HI

Old Courthouse, Queen Street between Fort & Bishop Streets, Honolulu, ...

Significance: The Old Courthouse, constructed in 1852, was a two-story coral stone building, 56 x 75 feet, with a one-story Classical portico in front (NW); across the back there was a one-story adjunct. The b... More

Old Courthouse, Queen Street between Fort & Bishop Streets, Honolulu, Honolulu County, HI

Old Courthouse, Queen Street between Fort & Bishop Streets, Honolulu, ...

Significance: The Old Courthouse, constructed in 1852, was a two-story coral stone building, 56 x 75 feet, with a one-story Classical portico in front (NW); across the back there was a one-story adjunct. The b... More

Old Courthouse, Queen Street between Fort & Bishop Streets, Honolulu, Honolulu County, HI

Old Courthouse, Queen Street between Fort & Bishop Streets, Honolulu, ...

Significance: The Old Courthouse, constructed in 1852, was a two-story coral stone building, 56 x 75 feet, with a one-story Classical portico in front (NW); across the back there was a one-story adjunct. The b... More

Hickam Field, NCO Housing Type 1, 211 Tenth Street, Honolulu, Honolulu County, HI

Hickam Field, NCO Housing Type 1, 211 Tenth Street, Honolulu, Honolulu...

Significance: Building 570 was part of the development of HIckam Air Base in the late 1930s and early 1940s as the Army Air Corps shifted its operations from Form Island and utilized the larger area available t... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Latrine Dry Dock No. 2 & Latrine Dry Dock No.3, Near Avenue G adjacent to Dry Dock No. 2 & Dry Dock No. 3, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Latrine Dry Dock No. 2 & Latrine Dry Do...

Significance: They are determined to be contributing elements to the Pearl Harbor National Historic Landmark. These buildings are associated with the expansion of facilities at Pearl Harbor's Shipyard in the ye... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, United States All-Steel Hangar, Wasp Boulevard between Kingfisher Street and Ranger Loop, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, United States All-Steel Hangar, Wasp Bo...

Significance: Facility No. 174 was part of the early expansion of the Army Air Field on Ford Island. It is one of the oldest hangars in Pearl Harbor and is associated with both Army and Navy aviation history on... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Makalapa, Senior Officers' Quarters Type E, 37 Halawa Drive, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Makalapa, Senior Off...

Significance: This housing type is significant as the residence of flag officers of the Navy in Hawaii from 1941 to the present, and as an example of Hawaiian residential architecture during the 1940s, in a gro... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Splinterproof Shelter, Seventh Street between Avenues E & G, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Splinterproof Shelter, Seventh Street b...

Significance: It is located within the Pearl Harbor National Historic Landmark. It is one of four types of air raid shelters that were constructed during WWII at Pearl Harbor, in direct response to the December... More

Naval Magazine Lualualei, Headquarters Branch, Garage-Shop, West of Kolekole Road, near Constitution Street intersection, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

Naval Magazine Lualualei, Headquarters Branch, Garage-Shop, West of Ko...

Significance: This building serves as an excellent intact example of military construction from the 1930s, and is significant as part of the initial base construction. Survey number: HABS HI-232

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Waterfront Transit Shed, Between Northampton Avenue & Wharf K3, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Waterfront Transit Shed, Between Northa...

Significance: The Naval Base at Pearl Harbor was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1964, due to the crucial role it played in the Nation's defense during the twentieth century and the calamitous eve... More

Camp H.M. Smith and Navy Public Works Center Manana Title VII (Capehart) Housing, Three-Bedroom Single-Family Types 8 and 11, Birch Circle, Elm Drive, Elm Circle, and Date Drive, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

Camp H.M. Smith and Navy Public Works Center Manana Title VII (Capehar...

Significance: The housing area was constructed as a Capehart project in 1959 for Marine Corps and Navy personnel. It was one of many similar projects built throughout Hawaii and the nation under the Capehart Ac... More

Camp H.M. Smith and Navy Public Works Center Manana Title VII (Capehart) Housing, Three-Bedroom Single-Family Types 8 and 11, Birch Circle, Elm Drive, Elm Circle, and Date Drive, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

Camp H.M. Smith and Navy Public Works Center Manana Title VII (Capehar...

Significance: The housing area was constructed as a Capehart project in 1959 for Marine Corps and Navy personnel. It was one of many similar projects built throughout Hawaii and the nation under the Capehart Ac... More

Camp H.M. Smith and Navy Public Works Center Manana Title VII (Capehart) Housing, Three-Bedroom Single-Family Types 8 and 11, Birch Circle, Elm Drive, Elm Circle, and Date Drive, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

Camp H.M. Smith and Navy Public Works Center Manana Title VII (Capehar...

Significance: The housing area was constructed as a Capehart project in 1959 for Marine Corps and Navy personnel. It was one of many similar projects built throughout Hawaii and the nation under the Capehart Ac... More

Camp H.M. Smith and Navy Public Works Center Manana Title VII (Capehart) Housing, Three-Bedroom Single-Family Types 8 and 11, Birch Circle, Elm Drive, Elm Circle, and Date Drive, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

Camp H.M. Smith and Navy Public Works Center Manana Title VII (Capehar...

Significance: The housing area was constructed as a Capehart project in 1959 for Marine Corps and Navy personnel. It was one of many similar projects built throughout Hawaii and the nation under the Capehart Ac... More

Naval Air Station Barbers Point, Dispersed Storage Warehouse Type, Along Boxer Avenue & between Franklin D. Roosevelt & Lexington Avenues, Nassau Street & Saratoga Place, Ewa, Honolulu County, HI

Naval Air Station Barbers Point, Dispersed Storage Warehouse Type, Alo...

Significance: The significance of these buildings resides in their dispersed locations, which is a direct result of the Japanese attack on Oahu on December 7, 1941. Before that date, the plan had been to build... More

Ewa Plantation Company Industrial Center, Sugar Warehouse, Honouliuli Plain, near intersection of Renton Road & Park Row, Ewa, Honolulu County, HI

Ewa Plantation Company Industrial Center, Sugar Warehouse, Honouliuli ...

Significance: This facility is the only remaining building in the Industrial Center that was connected to the original sugar mill, and that represents a stage in the sugar milling process. Along with Facility ... More

Merchant & Nuuanu Streets Commercial Buildings, Merchant and Nuuanu Streets, Honolulu, Honolulu County, HI

Merchant & Nuuanu Streets Commercial Buildings, Merchant and Nuuanu St...

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Camp H.M. Smith and Navy Public Works Center Manana Title VII (Capehart) Housing, U-Shaped Two-Bedroom Single-Family Type 6, Birch Circle, Elm Drive, Elm Circle, and Date Drive, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

Camp H.M. Smith and Navy Public Works Center Manana Title VII (Capehar...

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U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Post Office, Pearl Harbor Boulevard near Willamette Street, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Post Office, Pearl Harbor Boulevard nea...

This structure was moved to its current location in 1945. (5/14/03, KEY) Significance: The Naval Base at Pearl Harbor was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1964, due to the crucial role it played in... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Industrial X-Ray Building, Off Sixth Street, adjacent to and south of Facility No. 11, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Industrial X-Ray Building, Off Sixth St...

Significance: It is a contributing resource to the Pearl Harbor National Historic Landmark and a unique facility introducing new technology for examination of shipyard materials. It is a distinctive building ty... More

Naval Air Station Barbers Point, Assembly & Repair Shop, Between Enterprise Avenue & Wright, Midway, & Langley Streets, Ewa, Honolulu County, HI

Naval Air Station Barbers Point, Assembly & Repair Shop, Between Enter...

Significance: This multiple-section, multiple-function building was the biggest and one of the most significant structures on the station during World War II. The central function of the station during this pe... More

Naval Air Station Barbers Point, Assembly & Repair Shop, Between Enterprise Avenue & Wright, Midway, & Langley Streets, Ewa, Honolulu County, HI

Naval Air Station Barbers Point, Assembly & Repair Shop, Between Enter...

Significance: This multiple-section, multiple-function building was the biggest and one of the most significant structures on the station during World War II. The central function of the station during this pe... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Waterfront Facilities, Various locations throughout base, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Waterfront Facilities, Various location...

Significance: The waterfront facilities (drydocks, wharfs, piers, and mooring structures) are among the most important facilities at Pearl Harbor, serving the basic needs of the Navy for ship and submarine bert... More

Hickam Field, NCO Housing Type 7, 210 Eleventh Street, Honolulu, Honolulu County, HI

Hickam Field, NCO Housing Type 7, 210 Eleventh Street, Honolulu, Honol...

Significance: The Type 7 housing units were part of the development of Hickam Air Force Base in the late 1930s and 1940s as the Army Air Corps shifted its operations from Ford Island and utilized the larger a... More

Hickam Field, NCO Housing Type 7, 210 Eleventh Street, Honolulu, Honolulu County, HI

Hickam Field, NCO Housing Type 7, 210 Eleventh Street, Honolulu, Honol...

Significance: The Type 7 housing units were part of the development of Hickam Air Force Base in the late 1930s and 1940s as the Army Air Corps shifted its operations from Ford Island and utilized the larger a... More

Hickam Field, NCO Housing Type 7, 210 Eleventh Street, Honolulu, Honolulu County, HI

Hickam Field, NCO Housing Type 7, 210 Eleventh Street, Honolulu, Honol...

Significance: The Type 7 housing units were part of the development of Hickam Air Force Base in the late 1930s and 1940s as the Army Air Corps shifted its operations from Ford Island and utilized the larger a... More

Naval Magazine Lualualei, West Loch Branch, Explosive & Small Train Depot, Main wharf area adjacent to Wharf No. 3, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

Naval Magazine Lualualei, West Loch Branch, Explosive & Small Train De...

Significance: This building serves as an excellent example of military construction from the 1940s, and is significant as part of the WWII buildup of the base. Survey number: HABS HI-207

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Paint & Oil Storage, Near intersection of Avenue E & Seventh Street, adjacent to Facility Nos. 3A & 56, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Paint & Oil Storage, Near intersection ...

Significance: It was constructed in the shipyard during the WWII period at Pearl Harbor. This paint and oil storage facility was built adjacent to Facility No. 56, which was originally a salvage storehouse. Loc... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Joint Intelligence Center, Makalapa Drive in Makalapa Administration Area, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Joint Intelligence Center, Makalapa Dri...

Significance: The building is significant because it housed the first joint intelligence agency for ground, air, and naval forces. In this building, during the last years of WWII, the whole range of intelligenc... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Joint Intelligence Center, Makalapa Drive in Makalapa Administration Area, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Joint Intelligence Center, Makalapa Dri...

Significance: The building is significant because it housed the first joint intelligence agency for ground, air, and naval forces. In this building, during the last years of WWII, the whole range of intelligenc... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Seaplane Runway, Southern tip of Ford Island, near Lexington Boulevard, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Seaplane Runway, Southern tip of Ford I...

Significance: It is associated with the establishment of Naval Air Station facilities on Ford Island in the 1920s. It reflects the Navy's use of seaplanes during this era of early aviation. Facility No. S360, c... More

Camp H.M. Smith and Navy Public Works Center Manana Title VII (Capehart) Housing, U-Shaped Three-Bedroom Duplex Type 2, Acacia Road, Birch Circle, and Cedar Drive, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

Camp H.M. Smith and Navy Public Works Center Manana Title VII (Capehar...

Significance: The housing area was constructed as a Capehart project in 1959 for Marine Corps and Navy personnel. It was one of many similar projects built throughout Hawaii and the nation under the Capehart Ac... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, First Aid & Decontamination Building, Wasp Boulevard near Ranger Loop, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, First Aid & Decontamination Building, W...

Significance: It is associated with the build up of naval facilities on Ford Island in the early 1940s. It is a unique building type at the installation. Facility No. 166 is in a grouping of buildings that were... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, First Aid & Decontamination Building, Wasp Boulevard near Ranger Loop, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, First Aid & Decontamination Building, W...

Significance: It is associated with the build up of naval facilities on Ford Island in the early 1940s. It is a unique building type at the installation. Facility No. 166 is in a grouping of buildings that were... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Jet Engine Fuel Storage Tank, Lehua Avenue, Pearl City Peninsula, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Jet Engine Fuel Storage Tank, Lehua Ave...

Significance: The U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1964; due to the crucial role it played in the Nation's defense during the twentieth century and the calamitous ... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Dry Dock No. 2, On northern shoreline of Shipyard, between Dry Dock Nos. 1 & 3, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Dry Dock No. 2, On northern shoreline o...

Significance: This dry dock is associated with the expansion of waterfront facilities at Pearl Harbor in the 1940s, and played an important role in salvage operations after the December 7, 1941 attack. The dock... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Dry Dock No. 2, On northern shoreline of Shipyard, between Dry Dock Nos. 1 & 3, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Dry Dock No. 2, On northern shoreline o...

Significance: This dry dock is associated with the expansion of waterfront facilities at Pearl Harbor in the 1940s, and played an important role in salvage operations after the December 7, 1941 attack. The dock... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Type A Casualty Station, Hale Alii Avenue at Frederick Street, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Type A Casualty Station, Hale Alii Aven...

Significance: It was built as a casualty station as a direct reaction to the attack of Pearl Harbor. Casualty stations were a category of splinter-proof shelters, built to provide quick treatment to victims dur... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Electric Shop, Sixth Street opposite 10-10 Pier, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Electric Shop, Sixth Street opposite 10...

Significance: It is located within the Pearl Harbor National Historic Landmark. It is an annex to Facility 67 (HABS HI-491), built nearly two decades earlier. It was constructed as part of the major buildup of ... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Electric Shop, Sixth Street opposite 10-10 Pier, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Electric Shop, Sixth Street opposite 10...

Significance: It is located within the Pearl Harbor National Historic Landmark. It is an annex to Facility 67 (HABS HI-491), built nearly two decades earlier. It was constructed as part of the major buildup of ... More

Lunalilo's Tomb, Punchbowl & King Streets (Kawaiahao Churchyard), Honolulu, Honolulu County, HI

Lunalilo's Tomb, Punchbowl & King Streets (Kawaiahao Churchyard), Hono...

Significance: King Lunalilo's tomb, one of the early concrete block buildings in Hawaii, was built at the direction of Lunalilo's will. Apparently because of disagreement with a rival branch of the royal famil... More

Lunalilo's Tomb, Punchbowl & King Streets (Kawaiahao Churchyard), Honolulu, Honolulu County, HI

Lunalilo's Tomb, Punchbowl & King Streets (Kawaiahao Churchyard), Hono...

Significance: King Lunalilo's tomb, one of the early concrete block buildings in Hawaii, was built at the direction of Lunalilo's will. Apparently because of disagreement with a rival branch of the royal famil... More

Hickam Field, Hickam Historic Housing, Honolulu, Honolulu County, HI

Hickam Field, Hickam Historic Housing, Honolulu, Honolulu County, HI

Significance: Hickam Field was developed when the Army Air Corps outgrew its Ford Island location. The lay-out of Hickam field is evocative of the Garden City Movement. This urban planning movement, populariz... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Bombproof Personnel Shelter, Enterprise Street and St. Lo Avenue, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Bombproof Personnel Shelter, Enterprise...

Significance: It was built as a bombproof personnel shelter in direct response to the attack of Pearl Harbor. It is a distinctive type of reinforced concrete construction, built for the specific purpose of prot... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Combat Vehicle Shop, Corner of Lexington Boulevard & Liscome Street, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Combat Vehicle Shop, Corner of Lexingto...

Significance: The U.S. Naval Base at Pearl Harbor was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1964. As a Category 3 structure, it has been determined that Building No. 79E functioned as part of the Pearl Ha... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Makalapa, Junior Officers' Quarters Type J, Makin Place, & Halawa, Makalapa, & Midway Drives, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Makalapa, Junior Off...

Significance: This housing type is significant as an example of Hawaiian residential architecture during the 1940s, in a grouping of related types. The design is notable for the use of new materials and minima... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Temporary Storehouses - 1941 Type, Between Russell, South and Paul Hamilton Avenues, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Temporary Storehouses - 1941 Type, Betw...

Significance: They are associated with the build up of the Pearl Harbor base in the early 1940s. They were a group of additional warehouses built to meet the expanding storage requirements for supplying the adv... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Chapel, Corner of Oakley & Nimitz Street, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Chapel, Corner of Oakley & Nimitz Stree...

Significance: The U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1964; due to the crucial role it played in the Nation's defense during the twentieth century and the devastating... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Bachelor Officers' Quarters, Saratoga Boulevard between Hancock Avenue & Yorktown Boulevard, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Bachelor Officers' Quarters, Saratoga B...

Significance: Facility No. 78 was built in 1940 as part of the development of housing facilities for the Naval Air Station at Ford Island in the period preceding World War II. Facility No. 78 provided housing ... More

Schofield Barracks Military Reservation, Quadrangle K Administrative Building, Williston Avenue between Wilson Street & Reilly Avenue, Wahiawa, Honolulu County, HI

Schofield Barracks Military Reservation, Quadrangle K Administrative B...

Significance: This administrative barracks building is significant for its architecture, because it embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, and method of construction. It is also significan... More

Naval Computer & Telecommunications Area Master Station, Eastern Pacific, Radio Transmitter Facility Lualualei, Marine Barracks, Intersection of Tower Drive & Morse Street, Makaha, Honolulu County, HI

Naval Computer & Telecommunications Area Master Station, Eastern Pacif...

Significance: The now-vacant Marine Barracks, Building 5, was built in 1935, and is associated with the earliest phase of the installation's development. The building, along with the Officer's housing, forms a... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Air Base Temporary Storehouse, Avoget Street and Ranger Loop, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Air Base Temporary Storehouse, Av...

Significance: Facility No. 184 is associated with the build-up of facilities at the Naval Air Station during WWII. It is related in function, although not in design, to the other nearby storehouses. This groupi... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Air Base Temporary Storehouse, Avoget Street and Ranger Loop, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Air Base Temporary Storehouse, Av...

Significance: Facility No. 184 is associated with the build-up of facilities at the Naval Air Station during WWII. It is related in function, although not in design, to the other nearby storehouses. This groupi... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Administration Annex, Near Russell Avenue (previously Avenue E), between of Facility Nos. 1C & 1E , Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Administration Annex, Near Russell Aven...

Significance: It is located within the Pearl Harbor National Historic Landmark. It is associated with the great expansion of facilities and personnel during WWII. It functioned as a secure fireproof record stor... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Berthing Wharf S378, Beckoning Point, Southeast of Cowpens Street, Ford Island, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Berthing Wharf S378, Beckoning Point, S...

Significance: Wharf F-5 is rated as a Category 3 historical structure. A Category 3 building or structure is defined as only of minor importance to the historic character of Pearl Harbor. Wharf F-5 is located... More

Kawaiahao Church, Punchbowl & King Streets, Honolulu, Honolulu County, HI

Kawaiahao Church, Punchbowl & King Streets, Honolulu, Honolulu County,...

Significance: The church is revered to as the "Mother" Protestant Church of Hawaii and since its dedication on July 21, 1842 it has been the scene of important events in Hawaiian history including christening, ... More

Kawaiahao Church, Punchbowl & King Streets, Honolulu, Honolulu County, HI

Kawaiahao Church, Punchbowl & King Streets, Honolulu, Honolulu County,...

Significance: The church is revered to as the "Mother" Protestant Church of Hawaii and since its dedication on July 21, 1842 it has been the scene of important events in Hawaiian history including christening, ... More

Kawaiahao Church, Punchbowl & King Streets, Honolulu, Honolulu County, HI

Kawaiahao Church, Punchbowl & King Streets, Honolulu, Honolulu County,...

Significance: The church is revered to as the "Mother" Protestant Church of Hawaii and since its dedication on July 21, 1842 it has been the scene of important events in Hawaiian history including christening, ... More

Schofield Barracks Military Reservation, Corner-Entry Single-Family Housing Type, Between Bragg & Grime Streets near Williston Avenue, Wahiawa, Honolulu County, HI

Schofield Barracks Military Reservation, Corner-Entry Single-Family Ho...

Significance: The wood Craftsman housing designs show a conscious response to popular and regional architectural styles, and to the tropical environment of the site. These houses at Schofield combine some of t... More

Schofield Barracks Military Reservation, Corner-Entry Single-Family Housing Type, Between Bragg & Grime Streets near Williston Avenue, Wahiawa, Honolulu County, HI

Schofield Barracks Military Reservation, Corner-Entry Single-Family Ho...

Significance: The wood Craftsman housing designs show a conscious response to popular and regional architectural styles, and to the tropical environment of the site. These houses at Schofield combine some of t... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Pearl City Peninsula, Bounded by Lanakila & Laniwai Avenues, Kaiapo Canal & shoreline, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Pearl City Peninsula...

Significance: This block is significant as the only remaining area with buildings from the pre-World War II civilian history of the peninsula, and for its association with the Navy history of this peninsula dur... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Marine Railway No. 2 Machine House & Substation, Near intersection of Avenue G & Third Street, northwest of Dry Dock No. 3, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Marine Railway No. 2 Machine House & Su...

Significance: It functioned as the winch for the Marine Railway No. 2, which was a repair cradle for Pearl Harbor. The Marine Railway No. 2, with its rails, cradle, and superstructure of steel beams and steel g... More

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