Kakaako Pumping Station

Kakaʻako Pumping Station
Location 653 Ala Moana Blvd., Honolulu, Hawaii
Coordinates 21°18′10″N 157°51′56″W / 21.30278°N 157.86556°W / 21.30278; -157.86556Coordinates: 21°18′10″N 157°51′56″W / 21.30278°N 157.86556°W / 21.30278; -157.86556
Area 1.1 acres (0.45 ha)
Built 1900
Architect Oliver G. Traphagen
Architectural style Richardsonian Romanesque
NRHP Reference # 78001022[1]
Added to NRHP October 4, 1978

The Kakaʻako Pumping Station in Honolulu, Hawaii was designed by architect Oliver G. Traphagen in the Richardsonian Romanesque style. He also designed many such bold stone public works buildings in Duluth, Minnesota.

Built in 1900, the pumping station features large arched windows, exterior walls of local lava rock, roofs of green tile, and a smokestack 76 feet tall. It was the first sewerage pumping station in Honolulu, Hawaii, designed to address the serious sanitation problems of the rapidly growing city.[2] It is located on an acre of land between the Kewalo Basin and Downtown Honolulu, at Ala Moana Boulevard and Keawe Street.

The Ala Moana Pumping Station took over its functions in 1940, and it has remained vacant for many years.[3] Now under the jurisdiction of the Hawaii Community Development Authority, it is slowly being restored by the nonprofit Hawaii Architectural Foundation.[2]

Oliver G. Traphagen also designed the "bright and airy" Moana Hotel on Waikiki Beach.

References

  1. ↑ National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 Sandler, Mehta, and Haines 2008, p. 37
  3. ↑ "Hawaii for Visitors: Kakaako Pumping Station". Retrieved 2009-02-16. The Kakaako Pumping Station is located on an acre of land between the Kewalo Basin and Downtown Honolulu, at Ala Moana Boulevard and Keawe Street. It is a blue stone structure with arched windows, a green tile roof, and an 80 foot tower.
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