Database of Historic Homes

Historic Hawai‘i Foundation’s new historic homes online resource provides another way to both to preserve Hawaii’s architectural heritage and help ensure the stories about significant historic properties and cultural resources are shared with the broadest audience by making information available to all who have an interest in Hawaii’s history. The first phase includes about 250 homes enrolled in the Honolulu historic property tax exemption program.

The property list cross references each property by address, historic name, tax map key number, and historic register file number. In addition to providing the searchable list, the website also provides a map of each property’s location, a photograph of the historic home, an abstract of its historic significance, and a link to a digital version of the nomination form. Prior to this, only hard copies of the nomination, held in the State’s files in Kapolei, were available to the public. For more information: http://www.historichawaii.org/Historic_Properties