2011 Preservation Honor Awards
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Historic Hawai‘i Foundation recognized and honored 24 projects, people, groups and advocacy efforts at its annual Preservation Honor Awards ceremony on April 19, 2011. The celebration was attended by over 200 people.
The Historic Hawai‘i Foundation’s preservation awards have been presented annually since 1975. They are Hawaii’s highest recognition of projects that perpetuate, rehabilitate, restore or interpret the state’s architectural, archaeological and cultural heritage.
The honorees are selected by a committee comprised of professionals in architecture, history, planning, landscape architecture, architectural history and media. Each nomination is considered on its own merits and not in competition with others.
Honors were presented in five categories (Click on the links below to view parts of the presentation, PDF):
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Preservation Media Award for a printed publication or visual presentation that interpreted the history, preservation or physical characteristics of a historic building, object, site or district.
- Hart Wood: Architectural Regionalism in Hawai‘i written by Dr. Don Hibbard, Glenn Mason, AIA and Dr. Karen Weitze; published by the University of Hawai‘i Press.
Preservation Commendations for an individual, organization or government agency that engaged in an advocacy, educational, programmatic or other activity supporting preservation efforts, either for a specific site or through a broad-based program.
- Antya Miller; the North Shore Chamber of Commerce; Robert Fox, AIA; and George and Florence Fujiwara for saving and preserving the Hale‘iwa Mutual Telephone Company Building located in Hale‘iwa, O‘ahu.
- EV-5 Historic Preservation Team; Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam, O‘ahu; and Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Hawai‘i for the creation of the Navy Region Hawai‘i EV-5 Historic Preservation Team.
- Kailua Village Improvement District; Local Hawai‘i Scenic Byway Committee; and Peter Young, Hokuleana LLC for community efforts to designate the “Royal Footsteps Along the Kona Coast” Hawai‘i Scenic Byway in Kailua-Kona, Hawai‘i.
- Waikalua Loko Fishpond Preservation Society for preservation and cultural education efforts for the Waikalua Loko Fishpond located in Kāne‘ohe, O‘ahu.
Preservation Awards for a specific project that preserved, rehabilitated or restored a historic building, object, site or district.
- U.S. Air Force 15th Wing; NAVFAC Hawai‘i; Gary O’Donnell, Hickam Air Force Base Historic Preservation Officer; Randall B. Chee, Hickam Air Force Base Project Manager; and Icon Consulting Group, Inc.; for the rehabilitation of the The Crow’s Nest at Hickam Field, O‘ahu.
- Forest City, ‘Ohana Military Communities; Mason Architects, Inc.; and Charles Pankow, Ltd. for the rehabilitation to a net zero energy home of the Eisenhower House at Heleloa, Marine Corps Base Hawai‘i located in Kāne‘ohe, O‘ahu.
- U.S. Army Garrison Hawai‘i, Kenneth Hays, and the administrators and staff of Kīlauea Military Camp for the restoration of the Eisenhower House at Kīlauea Military Camp, Volcano, Hawai‘i.
- Bouslog Sawyer Charitable Trust, Phillip K. White & Associates, Mitch Kysar Construction, and the Hawai‘i State Historic Preservation Division for the rehabilitation of the Harriet Bouslog Building in Honolulu, O‘ahu.
- NAVFAC Hawai‘i; Gary O’Donnell; J.M. Waller Inc.; Virginia D. Murison; Mason Architects, Inc.; Hickam Communities, LLC; and KPRS Hawai‘i Construction, Inc. for the rehabilitation of the Hickam Community Center at Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam, O‘ahu.
- U.S. Air Force 15th Wing; NAVFAC Hawai‘i; Gary O’Donnell; J.M. Waller Inc.; Virginia D. Murison; Mason Architects, Inc.; Hickam Communities, LLC; Charles Pankow Builders, Ltd.; and Darcey Builders, Inc. for the full restoration of 22 select historic houses within the Hickam Historic Housing District at Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam, O‘ahu.
- FFKR Architects, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and Jacobsen Construction Company of the rehabilitation of the Lā‘ie Hawai‘i Temple in Lā‘ie, O‘ahu.
- John Hara Associates; Anbe, Aruga, Ishizu Architects; Sato & Associates; Mechanical Engineers of Hawai‘i; Dorvin D. Leis Co.; Belt Collins Hawai‘i; and Barry Design Associates for the rehabilitation of the Mauna Kea Beach Hotel in Kohala, Hawai‘i.
- Alan Shintani, Inc.; Forest City Hawai‘i, ‘Ohana Military Communities; and Mason Architects for the rehabilitation of the Nob Hill House on Ford Island, Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam, O‘ahu.
- Lahaina Restoration Foundation, Pioneer Mill Smokestack Committee, Kā‘anapali Land Management, and Oak Park Chimney Company for the restoration of the Pioneer Mill Company Smokestack in Lahaina, Maui.
- Roosevelt High School; CDS International; State of Hawai‘i Department of Administration and General Services, Hawai‘i Department of Education; Mitsunaga & Associates, Inc.; Lange Motonaga, Inc.; Ronald N.S. Ho and Associates, Inc.; Brownlie and Lee Landscape Architects; D.L. Adams Associates, Ltd.; and Ralph S. Inouye Company, Ltd. for the rehabilitation of the George Robert Carter Auditorium at Roosevelt High School in Honolulu, O‘ahu.
- U.S. Army Garrison Hawai‘i, Kenneth Hays, Army Corps of Engineers, and Dawson-DBS-Hawai‘i for the rehabilitation of Soldier’s Chapel at Schofield Barracks, O‘ahu.
- BAE Systems Hawai‘i Shipyards, Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard & IMF, USS Missouri Memorial Association and McNeil Wilson Communications for preservation efforts for the hull of the USS Missouri Memorial at Ford Island, O‘ahu.
- Heartwood Pacific, LLC and Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park for preservation work on the Volcano House at Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park, Hawai‘i.
Centennial Recognitions for organizations, businesses and institutions celebrating their 100th anniversaries.
- Mānoa Japanese Language School, (Mānoa, O‘ahu)
- Kaumakapili Church Sanctuary, (Kalihi, O‘ahu)
- Kōloa Hongwanji Mission, (Kōloa, Kaua‘i)
- Kōloa Jodo Mission, (Kōloa, Kaua‘i)
- St. Joseph Church, (Makawao, Maui)
The Haines Award was established in 2009 and named for master architect Frank Haines. It is presented to an individual who has demonstrated sustained and outstanding achievements in the areas of preserving the significant historic and cultural places of Hawai‘i.
Frank Haines, FAIA, presented the honor award that bears his name to William R. Chapman, D. Phil., at the preservation honor awards ceremony.
Chapman is the Director of the Historic Preservation Program and a Professor in the Department of American Studies at the University of Hawai`i at Mānoa. He was recognized for his achievements and work in the field of preservation in Hawai‘i. The Historic Preservation Program at UH Mānoa was founded in 1986 by William J. Murtagh, and his lasting legacy has been continued by Dr. Chapman.
Chapman came to Hawai‘i in the early 1990s. He is an Oxford and Columbia-trained anthropologist and preservationist. Prior to joining the faculty at the University of Hawai‘i, Chapman was a Historian with the National Park Service in the Mid-Atlantic Regional Office, and also an Architectural Historian, Division for Archaeology and Historic Preservation, in the U.S. Virgin Islands. On three occasions, he has been selected for prestigious Fulbright scholarships, for study in Italy in 1985, in Thailand in 1999 and in Cambodia in 2002.
Through the University of Hawaii’s Historic Preservation Program, Chapman has trained and fostered many generations of preservationists. His field schools provide hands-on experience as well as an academic foundation for the theory and practice of preservation. Chapman also contributes to the preservation community through his volunteer service as a member of the Hawai‘i Historic Places Review Board.
