The Public Works Administration (PWA) funded new construction or improvement work for the Kawailoa Training School for Girls (also known as Girls’ Industrial School) in Kailua on the North Shore of Oahu. The PWA grant amounted to $27,632. The work was carried… read more
Honokaa Public Library was constructed as a Public Works Administration (P.W.A.) project during the Great Depression. The building, which was designed by Harry K. Stewart, was completed in 1936. The building used the same design as the Molokai Public Library. PWA… read more
“The Molokai Public Library (1937), designed by Harry K. Stewart, was one of a number of public buildings in Hawai’I to be built thanks to the PWA. Another PWA project, the Honoka’a Library on the island of Hawai’i used the… read more
A Public Works Administration grant of $97,795 funded new construction work on the Tax Office building in Honolulu. The work was underway in 1938. Listed as Docket No. TH-1035-DS, the project was part of the PWA’s non-federal projects expenditure for… read more
“Graceful and handsomely proportioned, the Territorial Circuit Court Building (1938) in Lihu’e was designed by Harry K. Stewart. This PWA project beautifully integrates the Hawaiian and Spanish Mission revival styles.”