Aloha Tower
- Address: Pier 9 Aloha Tower Dr
- Vicinity: Aloha Tower Marketplace, Ala Moana Blvd
- Neighborhood of Downtown in Honolulu
- Harbor of Honolulu Harbor in Downtown
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
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| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1922/11/02 | The Honolulu Advertiser: Lyman H Bigelow and the Harbor Commissioners have a dozen designs for a tower at the foot of Fort St. Harbormaster Capt W R Foster suggest the name "Aloha Tower" and that Aloha should be spelled out on the cornice in electrics. | |||||
| 1925/00/00 | Arthur Reynolds | Architect | The uncompleted Aloha Tower is the center of a controversy involving the public, the Board of Harbor Commissioners and the Territorial Legislature over the size of the structure. After several months of debate, the 10 story design is selected. | |||
| 1926/06/00 | National Construction Co | Contractor | National Construction Co completes Aloha Tower at a cost of $160,000 and turns over control to the Board of Harbor Commissioners and Chairman Lyman H Bigelow. | Opening of Tourism in Hawaii | ||
| 1926/09/11 | E Howard Clock Company | Manufacturer | Aloha Tower, a 10 story and 184 foot tall lighthouse, opens. The 7 ton clock is the largest ever made by the Howard Clock Co of Boston. | |||
| 1941/12/07 | Coast Guardsmen from the USCGC Taney (WHEC-37) take up defensive positions around Aloha Tower and protect it from being occupied. The Aloha tower was not attacked by Japanese planes or hit by falling anti-aircraft shells. | |||||
| 1942/00/00 | Patrolled by armed sentries, access to Aloha Tower by unauthorized persons is denied. Many of the US Navy convoys for the Pacific Theater of Operations are formed in Honolulu under the control of the Aloha Tower offices. | |||||
| 1947/12/20 | After local citizens complain of the continued military occupation of the Aloha Tower, the United States Coast Guard, who utilized the tower under the authority of the US Navy, relinquishes its control. |
| Particulars for Aloha Tower: | |
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| Area of Significance | Architecture |
| Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
| Sight Category | Building |
| Area of Significance | Commerce |
| Criteria | Exemplar |
| Historic Use | Government Office |
| Architectural Style | Late Gothic Revival |
| Area of Significance | Military |
| Historic Use | Naval Facility |
| Owner | State |
| Area of Significance | Transportation |
| Historic Use | Water-related |
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