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Frederick Ohrt became a regular client after being appointed head of the new Board of Water Supply in 1930. He hired Wood to design pumping stations at
Pacific Heights (1933), Makiki (1935), and Kalihi Uka (1935); and an aerator in Nuʻuanu (1936). In fact, Wood's last major project was the Board of
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Among his most striking designs are two churches. The First Church of Christ
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in 1914 severely reduced both new architectural commissions and access to high-quality
European tools of the trade. Wood left Bliss and Faville to work briefly for another firm known for
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Wood designed one of the first stores in
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appropriate to the local environment and reflective of the cultural heritage of the islands. He was one of the three founders (in 1926) of the
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in 1915. In between scarce commissions, the new partners published a series of articles in
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of 1871, then settled in Kansas in 1873, working until 1887 with architect
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Sandler, Rob, Julie Mehta, and Frank S. Haines (2008).
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Many of the buildings he designed are on the State and
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just in time to work on their most famous project, the
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Hibbard, Don, Glenn Mason, and Karen Weitze (2010).
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of the Union
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Exterior of Waimea Community Center buildings, 1933
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Interior of Waimea Community Center gymnasium, 1933
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688:Dole Plantation manager's house, LÄnaÊ»i City, 1936
281:) Theater (1909), and the Masonic Temple (1912).
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904:Architecture in Hawaiâi: A Chronological Survey,
893:Hart Wood: Architectural Regionalism in Hawaiâi.
806:Hibbard, Mason, and Weitze 2010, pp. 56–57
788:Hibbard, Mason, and Weitze 2010, pp. 31–34
761:Hibbard, Mason, and Weitze 2010, pp. 16–18
544:First Chinese Church of Christ, front face, 1923
202:. By 1890, both brothers had moved to a booming
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556:First Church of Christ Scientist, front, 1923
676:Ewa Plantation administration building, 1934
476:the Dole Plantation manager's house (1936).
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