Hawaii State Public Library, King Street, Honolulu, HI
Built between 1911 and 1913, this Classical Revival-style building was designed by Henry D. Whitfield to house the main branch of the Library of Hawaii. Funded by a grant from Andrew Carnegie, the library originally consisted of only the front wing, and features a green tile hipped roof with eaves featuring decorative panels, twelve-over-twelve double-hung windows on the first floor and eight-over-eight windows on the second floor, doric pilasters framing many of the window bays in the central portions of the side and rear facades and the end bays of the front facade, a two-story front portico with doric columns and three large arched window and door openings, which allow light and access into the main foyer, which is a double-height space topped with a large skylight, and decorative corbels above the first floor window and door openings on the front facade. The building was expanded to the rear by C. W. Dickey between 1927 and 1930 to meet the growing space requirements of the library, which added a rear wing and a central courtyard to the complex, with the rear wing featuring fixed steel pivot windows, a departure from the double-hung windows utilized on the original building, but otherwise matches the original building on the exterior. The courtyard features a double-decker loggia at the face of the rear addition, with a row of french doors providing access from the original building, flanked by stone doric pilasters. In 1990-1992, the library saw another addition onto the rear of the building, which matches the 1913 and 1930 sections of the building, and features three large arched windows in the center of the rear facade, echoing the front entrance of the original building, with additional renovations being carried out at this time that modernized the facility to make it more safe, accessible, and functional. The building serves as the flagship main branch of the Library of Hawaii, a statewide system that serves the populations of all the counties and islands of the state. The building is a contributing structure in the Hawaii Capital Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.
Hawaii State Public Library, King Street, Honolulu, HI
Built between 1911 and 1913, this Classical Revival-style building was designed by Henry D. Whitfield to house the main branch of the Library of Hawaii. Funded by a grant from Andrew Carnegie, the library originally consisted of only the front wing, and features a green tile hipped roof with eaves featuring decorative panels, twelve-over-twelve double-hung windows on the first floor and eight-over-eight windows on the second floor, doric pilasters framing many of the window bays in the central portions of the side and rear facades and the end bays of the front facade, a two-story front portico with doric columns and three large arched window and door openings, which allow light and access into the main foyer, which is a double-height space topped with a large skylight, and decorative corbels above the first floor window and door openings on the front facade. The building was expanded to the rear by C. W. Dickey between 1927 and 1930 to meet the growing space requirements of the library, which added a rear wing and a central courtyard to the complex, with the rear wing featuring fixed steel pivot windows, a departure from the double-hung windows utilized on the original building, but otherwise matches the original building on the exterior. The courtyard features a double-decker loggia at the face of the rear addition, with a row of french doors providing access from the original building, flanked by stone doric pilasters. In 1990-1992, the library saw another addition onto the rear of the building, which matches the 1913 and 1930 sections of the building, and features three large arched windows in the center of the rear facade, echoing the front entrance of the original building, with additional renovations being carried out at this time that modernized the facility to make it more safe, accessible, and functional. The building serves as the flagship main branch of the Library of Hawaii, a statewide system that serves the populations of all the counties and islands of the state. The building is a contributing structure in the Hawaii Capital Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.