Stangenwald Building

The Stangenwald Building at 119 Merchant Street, in downtown Honolulu, Hawaii was the city's first high-rise office building, with its own law library, and one of the earliest electric elevators in the Territory when it was built in 1901.
Wikipedia
Photo: Joel Bradshaw, Public domain.
  • Type: Office building
  • Description: First high-rise building in Honolulu
  • Address: 119 Merchant Street, Honolulu, HI 96813

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Iolani Palace and Dillingham Transportation Building.

Museum
Photo: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The ʻIolani Palace was the royal residence of the rulers of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi beginning with Kamehameha III under the Kamehameha Dynasty and ending with Queen Liliʻuokalani under the Kalākaua Dynasty. is situated 450 metres southeast of Stangenwald Building.

Historic building
Photo: Joel Bradshaw, Public domain.
The was built in 1929 for Walter F. Dillingham of , , who founded the Hawaiian Dredging Company and ran the Oahu Railway and Land Company founded by his father, Benjamin Franklin Dillingham. is situated 140 metres south of Stangenwald Building.

Building
Photo: Joel Bradshaw, Public domain.
The at 827 Fort Street in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi was built in 1930 to be the headquarters of C. Brewer & Co., the smallest of Hawaiʻi's Big Five corporations.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Arts District and Chinatown.

Neighborhood
The is a neighborhood in located west of 's and on the eastern edge of .

Suburb
Photo: Joel Bradshaw, Public domain.
The Historic District is a neighborhood of , , known for its Chinese American community. It is one of the oldest Chinatowns in the United States.

Suburb
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The in Honolulu, Hawaii, has been the center of government of Hawaii since 1845.

Stangenwald Building

Latitude
21.30843° or 21° 18′ 30″ north
Longitude
-157.86275° or 157° 51′ 46″ west
Elevation
2 metres (7 feet)
Levels
5
Height
27 metres (89 feet)
Open location code
73H4845P+9W
Open­Street­Map ID
way 496123113
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­office
Geo­Names ID
6340825
Wiki­data ID
Q7598840
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In Other Languages

“Stangenwald Building” goes by many names.
  • Japanese: “スタンゲンウォルド・ビルディング”

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