The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-12-28
MEMORY of
KAPIOLAN|
Fine Building on
Dowag gers Own
Plans.
WILL PROVIDE
FOR A MUSEUM
King and AIakea Streets the Site
for the Proposed Structure.
Work at Once.

The Kapiolani estate plans to erect
streets a building which shall be at
once an office and store structure and a
memorial of the late Dowage~ queen.
The carrying out of the plan ~ the for
mer queen has been the desire of her
heirs for some time, and now hat real
izations are in sight plans have been
made and arrangements completed for
the investment of 100000 in the new
structure
The building viii be put up on the
basis of two-story atrucuua. but sEe
foundations are to be so built that the
third story may be added at any time
The building will be of notified Drio K,
with trimmings OF the native lava rock.
This will give TO the building a strik-
ing appearance, owing to the sdct that
the colors VIII contrast throughout the
entire b1ilding. The plans ouliire q
building Of sixty-seven feet frontage
upon King street and a deD-h of lS+
feel on AIakea street. The corner viii
be given up to one great store room.
This will be built with a curved front.
which design Will be carried Through
to the roof of the building. The en-
trance Will be in the corner, the door
way being finished with MOSAIC floor
ing
Along the AIakea street frort there
will be a division into seven stores,
each of sufficient size to afford room
for the ordinary small business house.
The front will be broken by IN orna-
mental entrance to the offices, which
will be above stairs. This will be placed
Immediately to the rear of the large
store room. There will be here as well
a highly ornamented hallway, finished
either in mosaic or thing. the whole 10
be in contrast with the color design Of
the building.
The second story VIII be given over to
officess there being plans for one large
room Immediately over the front store
room at the corner of the two streets.
This viii be the office of the estate and
will be finished in native woods AID
made as distinctively Hawaiian as is
possible Behind this room there will
be twenty offices, those of the AIalIea
street front being of large size, with
Dne great plate window. There will be
sanitary arrangements in the
and each office will be lifted |!
with it's own stands and lockers.
In the finishings the building will he ,
rs perfect as it is possible to devise. /
The storeroOm at the corner viii be
arranged with a vault which will he
carried on to the second story, SO as
10 serve for both the ground floor ZEN
ant and the office of the estate. There
viii be an eight-foot basement, winch :,
will be finished with cement floors and
divided so that each of the storeroOms
will have its own storage apartment,
reached by a stairway in the rear Of
he room. The windows will be of plate
and the doors will be ornamental in
character. to accord with the stone
which will enclose each
opening. There will be arches of the
ava stone over each window. too and
It the roof there viii be a tiled space
rom the outer wall to the balustrade.
which will extend all around the struc-
ure'S roof. The ornamental work will
,e in terra Gotta in color to contrast
With the brick which is 10 be used in
he walls. y
As the building is to take on much of
ne nature OF a memorial there will be
My one name upon the cornice. rhis
riH be "Rapiolani.' which will be re-
,eated upon both fronts. The date
1902" will be added on the two sides of
he front as well. on either street, too.
-iII appear the crest OF Queen Kapio-
AMI. which has been adopted as the
cal OF the estate. These VIII be done
\ terra Gotta. and viii be Of large size.
The determination To prepare for a
nree-stOry building was reached So
hat in time the building may be used
)r the purpose which was in the mind
T the dowager queen during the last
ears Of her life. At that time she YVES
tanning To erect a building upon this
tie which would be at once an "tii"e
.ructure and have in it a great hail