Ala Moana Park: Lawn Bowling Green - Honolulu HI

City:: Honolulu, HI
Site Type:: Athletic Courts and Fields, Parks and Recreation, Landscaping and Tree Planting
New Deal Agencies:: Civil Works Administration (CWA), Work Relief Programs, Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA)
Completed:: 1937
Quality of Information:: Very Good
Site Survival:: Extant

Description

Part of the Ala Moana Park complex, the Lawn Bowling Green was designed by architect Harry Sims Bent and built with the help of federal funds and FERA and CWA labor. “Constructed in 1939, the lawn bowling green was the last of Harry Sims Bent’s designs for Ala Moana Park. It remains today the only lawn bowling green in Honolulu.”

Source notes

1. Weyeneth, Robert, 1987, Ala Moana: The People's Park, Prepared for the Department of Parks and Recreation.
2. Ala Moana Park, Written Historical and Descriptive Data, Historic American Landscapes Survey, National Park Service , U.S. Department of the Interior .