C. Brewer Building


C. Brewer Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Invalid designation



Nearest city	827 Fort St., Honolulu, Hawaii
Coordinates	21°18′47″N 157°51′57″W / 21.31306°N 157.86583°W / 21.31306; -157.86583Coordinates: 21°18′47″N 157°51′57″W / 21.31306°N 157.86583°W / 21.31306; -157.86583
Area	0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Built	1930
Architect	Hardie Phillip, Bertram Goodhue
Architectural style	Mediterranean Revival
NRHP Reference #	80001272^[1]
Added to NRHP	April 2, 1980

The C. Brewer Building at 827 Fort Street in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi was built in 1930 to be the headquarters of C. Brewer & Co., the smallest of Hawaiʻi's Big Five corporations. The intimate, almost residential design was begun by Bertram Goodhue and completed by Hardie Phillip. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on 2 April 1980.

Built of reinforced concrete in a Mediterranean Revival style, with cut sandstone and stucco and plaster finish, a walled garden, and second-floor balconies, it also features a tiled, double-pitched "Dickey roof" with wide eaves to protect against sun and rain. The modest decorations symbolized the business of the C. Brewer Company: wrought iron railings represent sugar cane, and light fixtures were designed to resemble of sugar cubes.^[2]

After closing down the sugar business and diversifying into other agricultural products and spinning off its real-estate business, the company moved to Hilo, Hawaii on the Big Island of Hawaii in 1998.^[3] The building now houses the statewide headquarters of the Hawaii Community Foundation (http://www.hawaiicommunityfoundation.org) which moved into the building in 2010.^[4]

Gallery

Back courtyard from Queen Street
Front courtyard balconies
Second floor around main lobby
Reception desk, with Univ. of Phoenix logo
Wooden pew, stone flooring

References

↑ National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ Robert M. Fox and Dorothy Riconda (September 14, 1972). "C. Brewer Building Nomination form" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. Retrieved 2009-07-22.
↑ Rick Daysog (August 14, 1996). "C. Brewer plans to move to Hilo - The company will relocate its headquarters in 1998". Honolulu Star-Bulletin.
↑ http://www.bizjournals.com/pacific/print-edition/2011/01/07/scoops-whos-moving-buying-opening.html

External links

Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. HI-532, "C. Brewer & Company Building, 827 Fort Street, Honolulu, Honolulu County, HI", 3 photos, 1 photo caption page

U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Topics	Architectural style categories Contributing property Historic district History of the National Register of Historic Places Keeper of the Register National Park Service Property types
Lists by states	Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming
Lists by insular areas	American Samoa Guam Minor Outlying Islands Northern Mariana Islands Puerto Rico Virgin Islands
Lists by associated states	Federated States of Micronesia Marshall Islands Palau
Other areas	District of Columbia Morocco
Portal

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.