C. W. Dickey Sites

Completed in 1934, the historic United States Immigration Office facility in Honolulu was constructed with Treasury Department funds. The complex, which was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973, "consists of/five buildings: administration building (most visible and important), detention building (to the right and rear of the administration building, used to detain those immigrants waiting for proper clearance to enter Hawaii), .lounging shed (an open pavilion directly to the rear of administration building), garage and waiting shed (to the right of the administration building) and the gardener's cottage (no longer standing)."

The Public Works Administration (PWA) funded new construction or improvement work for the Farrington High School in Honolulu. The PWA grant amounted to $216,000, and the work was carried out in 1938. Listed as Docket No. TH-1083-F, the project was part of the PWA’s non-federal projects expenditure for the Territory of Hawaii for 1938-1939. Designed in 1939 by local architect Charles W. Dickey, the Farrington High School was part of an effort to expand secondary education in Hawaii. The 1939-1940 directory mentions the school had 2054 students and a staff of 66. "Wallace Rider Farrington High School was designed by C.W. Dickey...