King David Kalakaua Building

{{Infobox NRHP

| name = U.S. Post Office, Customhouse, and Courthouse

| nrhp_type =

| image = King Kalakaua Building.jpg

| caption = Building in 2019

| location = 335 Merchant Street, Honolulu, Hawaii

| coordinates = {{coord|21|18|22|N|157|51|38|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = Hawaii

| built = 1922

| architect = York & Sawyer

| architecture = Mission/Spanish Revival

| added = January 27, 1975

| area = {{convert|2.8|acre}}

| refnum = 75000620{{NRISref|2009a}}

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File:HI-Honolulu 1922 Ref.jpg

The King David Kalakaua Building in Honolulu, Hawaii is a government building formerly known as the U.S. Post Office, Customhouse, and Courthouse. It was the official seat of administration in the Territory of Hawaii and state of Hawaii for the United States federal government.

Federal building

The building was designed in 1918 and built from 1921 to 1922 in Mission/Spanish Revival architecture. An addition to the building was started in 1929, and opened in 1931.{{cite web |title= U.S. Post Office, Customhouse, and Courthouse nomination form |author= Randall J. Biallas and Gerron S. Hite |work= National Register of Historic Places |date= May 22, 1973 |publisher= U.S. National Park Service |url= {{NRHP url|id=75000620}} |accessdate= October 21, 2010 }}

Among other functions, the building held courtrooms and offices for the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) on January 27, 1975, under the former name as site 75000620. In 1978 it was also included as a contributing property in the NRHP listing of the Hawaii Capital Historic District.{{cite web |title= Hawaii Capital Historic District nomination form |author= Dale M. Lanzone and Gary Cummins |work= National Register of Historic Places |date= Spring 1976 |publisher= U.S. National Park Service |url= {{NRHP url|id=78001020}} |accessdate= October 11, 2010 }}

State building

In December 2003, the federal government sold most of the building to the state of Hawaii for US$32.5 million, upon which the building was renamed in honor of King David Kalākaua — last king of the Hawaiian monarchy. By that point in time, all federal agencies and departments had already moved their Hawaii-based offices years earlier to the Prince Kuhio Federal Building near Honolulu Harbor, except for a small section of the building that is still used as a post office.{{cite news |title= Old post office assumes new role |newspaper= Honolulu Advertiser |date= December 30, 2003 |author= Gordon Y.K. Pang |url= http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2003/Dec/30/ln/ln29a.html |accessdate= April 2, 2011 }}

Today, the building is home to the offices of the Hawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs.{{cite web |title= Directory of Services |publisher= Hawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs |date= January 2010 |url= http://hawaii.gov/dcca/dcca_directory_of_services.pdf |accessdate= October 11, 2010 }}

References

External links

{{cite web |title= U.S. Post Office, Court House, and Custom House; Honolulu, Hawaii |work= History of the Federal Judiciary |publisher= US Federal Judicial Center |url= http://www.fjc.gov/history/courthouses.nsf/getcourthouse?OpenAgent&chid=520F8D654A5B17038525718B005AE5D8 |accessdate= April 2, 2011 }}
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Category:Buildings and structures in Honolulu

Category:Courthouses in Hawaii

Category:Custom houses in the United States

Category:Post office buildings in Hawaii

Category:Government buildings completed in 1922

Category:Government buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Hawaii

Category:Post office buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Hawaii

Category:Buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Hawaii

Category:Historic American Buildings Survey in Hawaii

Category:1922 establishments in Hawaii

Category:1920s architecture in the United States

Category:Mission Revival architecture in Hawaii