Alfred Hocking House
Alfred Hocking House | |
C.W. Dickey | |
| Architectural style | Queen Anne |
|---|---|
| NRHP reference No. | 84000246[1] |
| Added to NRHP | November 15, 1984 |
The Alfred Hocking House (now also known as Graystones) at 1302 Nehoa Street in
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. In 2006, after they had gone off to college, he put the house on the market for $5.5 million.[2]
The name Graystones comes from its exterior walls of 21-inch slabs of hand-cut
Palladian windows, claw-foot bathtubs, and even a fern grotto with tropical flora and a trickling stream off the dining room.[2]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b c Stacy Yuen Hernandez (May 2006). "Home of the Month: Graystones: Makiki Heights mansion restored: Estate provides a look at old Hawaii". Homescape: Gracious Island Living. honoluluadvertiser.com. Archived from the original on 2007-12-14. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
- ^ Oral Histories of 1930's Architects (Honolulu: Hawaii Society/American Institute of Architects, 1982), p. 10
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