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Oliver G. Traphagen

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In December 2007, the President's Home at Punahou School celebrated its 100th anniversary. It was designed by Oliver G. Traphagen of Duluth, Minn. (also the architect of the Moana, Waikiki's first hotel) to replace the former President's Home, built in 1885 near Old School Hall. It was a home, as
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In March of 1905, the trustees of Oahu Cemetery began discussing the need for a public crematory and enlisted the highly esteemed Oliver G. Traphagen (best known as the designer of the Moana Hotel) as the principal architect for the project. Around September 1906, the single-chamber facility was
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in October 1897. Thanks to his previous work in Duluth he soon became "the most prolific and highly regarded architect in town." He designed the first building in the islands with a passenger elevator, the Judd Building (1898); the first hotel on
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The Kakaako Pumping Station is located on an acre of land between the Kewalo Basin and Downtown Honolulu, at Ala Moana Boulevard and Keawe Street. It is a blue stone structure with arched windows, a green tile roof, and an 80-foot
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Another one of Oliver Traphagen's artful pastiches of Italian Renaissance decor and stately, businesslike proportions, the Judd Building featured the first passenger elevator in Hawaii when its four floors opened in
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The fireproof structure was designed by public-works wiz O.A. Traphagen and took 18 months to build. It is the first building in the United States designed specifically for the archiving of public records.
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Designed by Oliver G. Traphagen and opened in 1889, this sandstone building near the corner of 2nd Ave. E. and Superior Street has been well preserved.
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president's home, which celebrated its 100th anniversary in December 2007. In 1907, he moved to Alameda, California, where he retired in 1925.
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Two of his more exceptional buildings have not survived: the classical-style Hackfeld & Co. building downtown (1902) and the four-story
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Because his daughter's health required a warmer climate, the family relocated to the soon-to-be-annexed
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Wilcox, Gaylord (1972). "Business and Buildings: Downtown Honolulu's Old Fashioned Block,"
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Sharon McPhee puts it, 'to be of the school, a gracious home for the school's leader.'
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home on Waikiki Beach. Among the last buildings he designed in Hawaii was the
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completed, making it one of the first crematories in the United States.
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during the early 20th century. Among his most famous landmarks are the
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worked as a draftsman for Traphagen and Fitzpatrick during this time.
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Pastoret Flats/Kozy Bar & Apartments, 129-131 East 1st Street,
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Former Duluth City Hall and Jail, 132 and 126 E Superior St,
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style that was popular at the time. Noted Duluth architect
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Reception area, Old Hawaii State Archives building (1906)
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Front entrance, Old Hawaii State Archives building (1906)
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Matthew B. and Lucy Harrison House, 1889. Demolished 1935
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Skylight, Old Hawaii State Archives building (1906)
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Traphagen & Fitzpatrick 232:, N Corner of 1st Ave E and Third St, 976:Suzanne Sato and Bonnie Louise Judd. 799:Burl Burlingame (21 September 2003). 586:– contemporary Duluth-based architect 389:Max W. Wirth Pharmacy Building (1886) 59:National Register of Historic Places 314:, corner of Merchant and Fort Sts, 301:, 1892. Traphagen & Fitzpatrick 294:, 1892. Traphagen & Fitzpatrick 264:, 1891. Traphagen & Fitzpatrick 257:, 1890. Traphagen & Fitzpatrick 247:, 1890. Traphagen & Fitzpatrick 236:, 1889. Traphagen & Fitzpatrick 69:He was born on 3 September 1854 in 13: 954:from the original on 7 August 2010 893:"Archiplanet: Palama Fire Station" 811:from the original on 7 August 2010 14: 1105: 942:Burl Burlingame (25 April 2004). 425:August J. 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Destroyed by fire 1890 161:He died on 21 October 1932 in 1: 1079:People from Duluth, Minnesota 239:Boiler House and smokestack, 205:Turner Hall, 601 E Third St, 131:(1901); and the first public 357:Kainalu, the beach house of 344:, 879 N King St, Oahu (1901) 64: 7: 1031:Hawaiian Journal of History 577: 364:244-252 California Street, 168: 57:, both of which are on the 10: 1110: 835:"Oahu Cemetery: Cremation" 372: 268:Duluth Central High School 241:August J. Fitger's Brewery 94:Duluth Central High School 26:, Duluth, Minnesota (1892) 1089:Architects from Minnesota 713:: CS1 maint: unfit URL ( 413:Fire Station No. 1 (1889) 366:San Francisco, California 288:Oliver G. Traphagen House 114:, Honolulu, Hawaii (1901) 47:Oliver G. Traphagen House 24:Oliver G. Traphagen House 590: 449:Munger Terrace (1891–92) 253:, 1210–1232 E First St, 98:Richardsonian Romanesque 322:Kakaako Pumping Station 202:, 1888. Demolished 1959 141:Kakaako Pumping Station 1094:Architects from Hawaii 948:Honolulu Star-Bulletin 805:Honolulu Star-Bulletin 437:Chester Terrace (1890) 324:, 653 Ala Moana Blvd, 290:, 1511 E Superior St, 115: 86:Francis W. Fitzpatrick 31:Oliver Green Traphagen 27: 1039:Hawaiian Time Machine 755:"Oliver G. Traphagen" 359:James Bicknell Castle 334:, 2365 Kalakaua Ave, 270:, 215 N. 1st Ave E., 243:, 600 E Superior St, 198:First National Bank, 110: 22: 584:Anton Werner Lignell 512:Judd Building (1901) 191:, 13 W Superior St, 342:Palama Fire Station 163:Alameda, California 145:Palama Fire Station 135:in the Islands, at 112:Palama Fire Station 78:St. Paul, Minnesota 71:Tarrytown, New York 43:Territory of Hawaii 1011:Zenith City Online 759:Zenith City Online 488:Moana Hotel (1898) 401:Turner Hall (1888) 280:, 405 Mesabi Ave, 230:Fire Station No. 1 120:Republic of Hawaii 116: 90:Fire Station No. 1 28: 16:American architect 789:Wilcox 1972, p. 8 777:Wilcox 1972, p. 7 378:Traphagen designs 306:Duluth, Minnesota 299:Duluth, Minnesota 292:Duluth, Minnesota 282:Duluth, Minnesota 272:Duluth, Minnesota 262:Duluth, Minnesota 255:Duluth, Minnesota 245:Duluth, Minnesota 234:Duluth, Minnesota 224:Duluth, Minnesota 217:Duluth, Minnesota 207:Duluth, Minnesota 200:Duluth, Minnesota 193:Duluth, Minnesota 183:Duluth, Minnesota 39:Duluth, Minnesota 1101: 1022: 1021: 1019: 1018: 1007:"Harrison House" 1003: 997: 996: 990: 989: 973: 967: 966: 961: 959: 939: 933: 932: 930: 929: 914: 908: 907: 905: 904: 895:. 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Oliver G. Traphagen House
architect
Duluth, Minnesota
Territory of Hawaii
Oliver G. Traphagen House
Moana Hotel
Honolulu
National Register of Historic Places
Tarrytown, New York
St. Paul, Minnesota
George Wirth
Francis W. Fitzpatrick
Fire Station No. 1
Duluth Central High School
Richardsonian Romanesque
Frederick German

Palama Fire Station
Republic of Hawaii
Waikiki Beach
Moana
crematory
Oahu Cemetery
Kakaako Pumping Station
Palama Fire Station
James B. Castle
Punahou School
Alameda, California
Duluth, MN

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