Honolulu Rapid Transit & Historic Sites

Photo by Mason Architects for Honolulu High Capacity Transit Corridor Project

These are associated with the re-use of former military buildings by small businesses and others on Oahu. They embody the distinctive characteristics of this notable building type. They are a rare extant grouping of re-located military Quonset huts. These Quonsets huts were originally erected and used by the military on another site during WWII. According to aerial photos they were re-erected on this site sometime between January 1953 and January 1963. They are associated with the economic development of Oahu after WWII, some of which was spurred by the release of excess military buildings to the civilian Oahu population after the war, and the resulting use of these excessed buildings by small businesses and others.

Quonset Huts

Built 1954

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

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