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Title: Architect and engineer
Year: 1905 (1900s)
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Subjects: Architecture Architecture Architecture Building
Publisher: San Francisco : Architect and Engineer, Inc
Contributing Library: San Francisco Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: San Francisco Public Library

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y from thedwellings except that some of them were ofwood. A prompt response in religious fervor ofthe natives inspired an ambition for church-building that has continued to the presentday. The most notable church building inHawaii is the temple of the Latter DaySaints, or Mormons. Like the originaltemple in Salt Lake City, it is not a place ofpublic worship and the interior is known THE ARCHITECT AND ENGINEER ^ 12^ SEPTEMBER. NINETEEN THIRT^-FIVF. only to those who are in high standing inthe faith. No descriptions are pubHshed. The exterior, on the other hand, is fea-tured as one of the tourist attractions andthere are thousands of visitors annually tothe grounds. The temple is at Laie, 35miles from Honolulu, the center of a large The landscaping is formal and in keepingwith the design of the building. The mostinteresting detail of the building is thefrieze of heroic dimension around the top,portraying events in the lives of the pro-phets. The sculpture was done at the build-ing site.
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MISSION MEMORIAL HALL. HONOLULU. T. H.Harry L. Kerr. Architect estate owned by the church. About it is asugar plantation on which converts andmembers of the church are employedchiefly. Travelers who have seen the world fre-quently compare the gardens to the en-vironment of the Taj Mahal. A successionof pools at varying levels lend themselvesto the impressive vista of the approach. The edifice was dedicated by PresidentHeber J. Grant, of Salt Lake City, in 1919.The composition is of volcanic rock andcement and the cost was $250,000. The Chinese Church of Christ on SouthKing Street, en route from the businesscenter of Honolulu to the famous WaikikiBeach, is unquestionably one of the mostunusual churches in the world. Its massive THE ARCHITEf T AND ENGINEER ^ 13^ SEPTEMBER, NINETEEN THIRTY-FIVE

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