The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1901-12-31
MEMORY OF
KlPIOLA AMI
Fine Building on
Dowager'S Own
Plans.
(From Saturdays daily

The kapiolani estate plans To erect
at the corner of King and AlaEel
streets a building which shall De al
once an Office and store structure and
memorial of the late Dowage" queen.
The carrying out OF the plan y; 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 $685. In tha new
structure.
The building will be put up on the
basis OF two-story structure, but IKE
foundations are to be so built that the
third story may be added at any time
The building will be of notified brick,
with trimmings OF the native lava rock
This will give to the building a strik-
ing appearance, owing to the fact that
the colors will contrast throughout the
entire building. The plans outline q
building of siXty-seven feet frontage
upon King street and a deucn Of 1i
feel on Alakea street. The corner will
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 a MOSAIC floor
ing.
Along the Alakea street front thee
will be 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
n highly ornamented hallway, finished
either in mosaic or thing, the whole -
be in contrast with the color design Of
the building.
The second story will be given over TO
offices, there being plans for bne large
room Immediately over the front store
room at the corner of the two streets
This will be the Office OF the estate and
will be finished IN native woods aad
made as distinctlvely Hawaiian us is
possible. Behind this room there will
be twenty offices, those of the Alallca
street front being of large size, with
one great plate window. There will he
complete sanitary arrangements in the
building, and each Office will be il;tcd
with its own stands and lockers.
In the inishings the building will he
The storeroom at the corner will be
arranged with a vault which Will he
carried on to the second story, so as
to serve for both the ground floor Zen
ant and the Office of the estate. There
will be an eight-foot basement, winch
will be finished with cement floors and
divided so that each of the storerooms
win have It's own storage apartment,
reached by n stairway in the rear CT
the room. The windows will be of plate
and the doors will be ornamental in
character to accord with the stone
trimmings which will enclose each
opening. There will be arches of the
lava stone over each window, too, and
at the roof there will be n tiled space
from the outer wall to the balustrade,
which will extend all around the struc-
lures roof. The ornamental work VIII
be in terra Gotta in color to contrast
with the brick, which Is to be used In
the walls.
AS the building Is to take on much of
| the nature of a memorial there will be
only one name upon the cornice. rhis
will be "Kapiolani," which will be re-
peated upon both fronts. The date
| 1902" will be added on the two sides of
the front as well. ON either street, too.
will appear the crest OF Queen Kapio-
lani, which has been adopted as the
seal OF the estate. These will be done
in terra Gotta. and will be Of large size.
The determination to prepare for a
three-story building was reached 30
that in time the building may be used
for the purpose which was in the mind
of the dowager queen during the las,
years OF her life. At that time she was
planning to erect building upon this
site which would be at once an office
structure and have in 1t a great hal
where the many relics and curiosities
she had gathered could be stored and
exhibited. In her collection there ar,
many things which are of the highest
quality. For instance, there is a feath.
er cloak which is one of the very finest
known. This is mentioned In the Bi5h-
; OPP museums monograph upon the sub
ject. and has been accorded first rank
J by experts a all times. This IL olly
one Of the many things of the first m VI
which she intended should be placed
upon public view in the private mu
scum.
: For the present this part of the plai
viii not be carried out. The Prince
, now feel that they and their friends de
n rive greater pleasure from the maintc
a nance of the museum of their aunt IN
D tact with the many fine things OF thei
. own collection, and they will not nuN
-. rob their Waikiki residence of one o
0 its greatest charms. When the tim
. comes that the third story is TO b
placed upon the building there will b
removed to it the combined collection
= of the princes and the former queer
The plans for the building are bein
drawn by Beardslee & Page the archi
y tects, who will construct the buildin
u as well. They hope to see ground bro
y ken within the coming month.