Alfred Hocking House, Queen Anne style residence in Honolulu, United States.
The Alfred Hocking House is a Queen Anne style residence in Honolulu with hand-cut bluestone walls and white latticework as defining features. The building contains seven bedrooms and multiple bathrooms with high ceilings and hardwood floors throughout.
The house was built in 1903 and designed by architects Charles William Dickey and Edgar Allen Poe Newcomb for Alfred Hocking, founder of the Honolulu Brewing and Malting Company. The property reflects the architectural evolution of wealthy residences in Hawaii during the early 1900s.
The house shows how wealthy business owners in early 20th century Hawaii shaped their homes with European design styles. The Queen Anne details like decorative trim and window treatments are clearly visible when walking around the building.
The house is a private residence at 1302 Nehoa Street, near Punahou School, and is not open for tours, so visiting means viewing the exterior from the street. The wraparound porch, white latticework and green and white awnings are best seen from the sidewalk. Rick Ralston added new plumbing and air-conditioning during his restoration.
The fern grotto off the dining room holds tropical flora and a trickling stream, a feature kept from the 1903 design. The house's name, Graystones, comes from its exterior walls of 21-inch slabs of hand-cut bluestone, paired with white latticework and green and white awnings over the wraparound porch.
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