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Photo by Mason Architects for Honolulu High Capacity Transit Corridor Project
The Higa Fourplex was part of the residential development of the Dillingham Boulevard area in the 1940s when there was increased demand for housing in the build-up period before
WWII. It is also a distinctive example of a plantation style duplex design (the top story) transmuted into a four-plex in an urban neighborhood. It is also part of the history of
Dillingham Boulevard, whose development affected the Kalihi Kai neighborhood, originally consisting mostly of single-family residences.
Architectural Description:
Two-story plantation-style four-plex residence with a hip roof. Constructed with CMU walls on the ground floor, and with vertical tongue-and-groove siding and double girts at the second floor. Windows are original three-light sliding sash and 1/1 double hung. The front entries have concrete stairs with decorative metal railings to the second floor. There is also a 1940 two-story residence at the rear of the lot that was not visible from the street.
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Higa Fourplex
- Built 1941 & 1944
- Will be Adversely Affected by Rail Transit
Photos and text dervived from Study of Potential Effects to Historic Properties prepared by Mason Architects for the Honolulu Rapid Transit Corridor Project, City and County of Honolulu, 2008
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Historic Sites to be Adversely Affected by the Honolulu Rail Project
