- City:
- Hilo, HI
- Site Type:
- Federal Facilities, Administrative Buildings
- New Deal Agencies:
- Treasury Department, Federal & Military Operations, Public Works Funding, Federal Works Agency (FWA)
- Contractor:
- Fred Young Jr.
Description
The U.S. Customs facility located just north of Kalanianaole Ave on the west side of Kuhio St. was constructed with federal funds administered by the Public Buildings Administration of the Federal Works Agency. The building, then called the “Customs Warehouse,” was dedicated on Aug. 30, 1941.
Source notes
National Archives: Record Group 121-BS: Records of the Public Buildings Service: Completion views of federal buildings (prints) alphabetically by state and thereunder by city, to 1966; Box 20. Hawaii mainichi, Hilo, Hawaii, August 30, 1941 (pg. 1) https://evols.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/10524/48907/1/HmvXXXVno9038.pdfSite originally submitted by Evan Kalish on August 6, 2017.
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Mark Ristow
The custom house was used to house Coast Guard enlisted men in bunks in one big room during World War II. My father lived there in the fall of 1944 when he was a Coast Guard truck mechanic.