Kilauea Elementary School Explained

Kilauea Elementary School
(as Kilauea School)
Location:2440 Kolo Rd., Kilauea, Hawaii
Coordinates:22.2062°N -159.4094°W
Built:1922
Architect:John Waiamau, Tai King Leong
Added:August 18, 1983
Refnum:83000254

Kilauea Elementary School, also known as Kilauea School, on Kolo Rd. in Kilauea, Hawaii, on Kauai, is a public elementary school operated by the Hawaii Department of Education. It occupies a historic school building that was founded in 1882 and known as an "English School". The current school complex, whose main building was built in 1922, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983; the listing included three contributing buildings on .

It was located on the edge of the former Kilauea Plantation community. The three buildings are a U-shaped administration-classrooms building, a cafeteria, and a teacher's cottage. A big lawn in front of the three buildings is crossed by a circular driveway. The main building was designed by County Department of Public Works' architect John Waiamau, and the others were designed by Tai King Leong.

The complex was deemed significant for NRHP listing "as a typical rural schoolhouse on theisland of Kauai and for its associations with the development of publiceducation in the town of Kilauea."[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=83000254}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Kilauea School ]. Beryl Blaich and Don Hibbard . February 1983 . National Park Service. and