The Alfred Hocking House (now also known as Graystones) at 1302 Nehoa Street in
Honolulu, Hawaii was built in 1903 for Alfred Hocking, founder of the
Honolulu Brewing and Malting Company.
It was designed in
Queen Anne style architecture
The Queen Anne style of British architecture refers to either the English Baroque architecture of the time of Queen Anne (who reigned from 1702 to 1714) or the British Queen Anne Revival form that became popular during the last quarter of the ...
by
E.A.P. Newcomb, a nationally known architect newly arrived in Hawaii, in partnership with the much younger but well-connected local architect
C.W. Dickey
Charles William “C.W.” Dickey (6 July 1871 – 25 April 1942) was an American architect famous for developing a distinctive style of Hawaiian architecture. He was known not only for designing some of the most famous buildings in Hawaii— ...
.
[Oral Histories of 1930's Architects (Honolulu: Hawaii Society/American Institute of Architects, 1982), p. 10] It was listed on the Hawaii and
National Register of Historic Places in 1984.
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Even after Alfred died in 1936 and his wife in 1940, the property remained in the Hocking family until 1947, when it was bought by Dr. and Mrs. Edmund Lee. After Dr. Lee died, the house was known by the name of his widow, Rose Chang Lee. By the time she died, it was badly in need of repair. Honolulu entrepreneur Rick Ralston, founder of Crazy Shirts, then bought and restored it so successfully that it won the "1985 Award for Ground-Up Restoration" from local architects. Ralston also installed new plumbing and air-conditioning, and later sold it to a local developer whose children attended nearby ]Punahou School
Punahou School (known as Oahu College until 1934) is a private, co-educational, college preparatory school in Honolulu, Hawaii. More than 3,700 students attend the school from kindergarten through twelfth grade, 12th grade. Protestant missionar ...
. In 2006, after they had gone off to college, he put the house on the market for $5.5 million.latticework
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Latticework may be functional &nda ...
and green and white awnings over the large wraparound porch. Inside, the house offers living space of , including seven bedrooms and three-and-a-half baths, with a grand staircase, high ceilings, chandelier
A chandelier (; also known as girandole, candelabra lamp, or least commonly suspended lights) is a branched ornamental light fixture designed to be mounted on ceilings or walls. Chandeliers are often ornate, and normally use incandescent li ...
s, hardwood floors, redwood wainscoting, Palladian window
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s, claw-foot bathtubs, and even a fern grotto
A grotto is a natural or artificial cave used by humans in both modern times and antiquity, and historically or prehistorically. Naturally occurring grottoes are often small caves near water that are usually flooded or often flooded at high ti ...
with tropical flora and a trickling stream off the dining room.
References
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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Hawaii
Houses in Honolulu County, Hawaii
Queen Anne architecture in Hawaii
Victorian architecture in Hawaii
National Register of Historic Places in Honolulu County, Hawaii
Houses completed in 1903