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McCandless Building

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1906, H. L. Kerr. 925 Bethel St.
  • (Photograph by Kaoru Lovett)
  • (Photograph by Kaoru Lovett)
  • (Photograph by Kaoru Lovett)
  • (Photograph by Kaoru Lovett)

One of the last bluestone buildings to be erected in Honolulu, this imposing four-story structure combines Beaux-Arts elements, which were so popular in Honolulu in the immediate post-annexation years, with a Richardsonian Romanesque treatment of masonry and grouping of floors. The utilitarian fifth story was added in 1914 to house the Commercial Club. The elevator still retains vestiges of its later Art Deco decor.

Writing Credits

Author: 
Don J. Hibbard
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Citation

Don J. Hibbard, "McCandless Building", [Honolulu, Hawaii], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/HI-01-OA24.

Print Source

Cover: Buildings of Hawaii

Buildings of Hawaii, Don J. Hibbard. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2011, 97-97.

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