Sacred Heart Church-Punahou

Sacred Heart Church-Punahou is located at 1701 Wilder Avenue, in Honolulu, in the U.S. state of Hawaii. The church was dedicated in 1914, and its adjacent Bachelot Hall was dedicated in 1923. The property's rectory was built in 1927. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places listings on February 6, 2001.

Sacred Heart Church-Punahou
Sacred Heart Church-Punahou is located in Hawaii
Sacred Heart Church-Punahou
Nearest cityHonolulu, Hawaii
Coordinates21°18′06″N 157°49′52″W
Built1914, 1923, 1927
ArchitectE. A. P. Newcomb designed the church
Newcomb and Guylor R. Miller designed Bachelot Hall
Guy Rothwell, Kangeter and Marcus C. Lester designed the rectory
Architectural styleLate Gothic Revival
NRHP reference No.89001855
Added to NRHPFebruary 6, 2001[1]

Background

The church body was established by French priest Father Clement Evrard. He arrived from Bremen, Germany at Honolulu Harbor on Oahu on March 19, 1864, on the same ship as Father Damien and a number of Sisters of the Sacred Hearts.[2] He was ordained in Honolulu by Vicar Apostolic of the Hawaiian Islands Louis Désiré Maigret, and initially sent to Kohala along with Damien.[3] In 1881, Clement was reassigned to Saint Louis College in Honolulu, and subsequently started a mission in the Portuguese area of the city. In time, he erected the Sacred Heart chapel.[4]

Father (later Bishop) Stephen Alencastre, of Portuguese ancestry, attended both Saint Louis College and Sacred Heart Chapel as a youth. After training for the priesthood at Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium, he returned to Hawaii in 1902 and was ordained at the chapel.[5]

Architecture

After Father Clement died in 1909, Father Stephen assumed his duties, and commissioned Honolulu architect E. A. P. Newcomb to design a new structure to replace the chapel.[6] The two-story Gothic Revival building, with stained glass windows designed in France, was dedicated November 1, 1914, in a ceremony presided over by Vicar Apostolic and Bishop of Zeugma Libert H. Boeynaems. At that time, the Bishop officially named Father Stephen as pastor of Sacred Heart.[7][8]

Newcomb and Guylor R. Miller designed Bachelot Memorial Hall, which was completed and dedicated June 23, 1923, with an address by Governor Wallace Rider Farrington.[9] The hall was named after Alexis John Augustine Bachelot, Prefect Apostolic of the Sandwich Islands. His 1827 arrival established the first permanent Catholic mission in the Kingdom of Hawaii.[10]

The 1927 two-story Mediterranean Revival style rectory was designed by Rothwell, Kangeter & Lester, and constructed by Walker & Olund. The three buildings were constructed in such a way as to create a private open space with convenient access to all.[11]

The Sacred Heart complex was added to the National Register of Historic Places listings in Oahu on February 6, 2001.[12]

See also

Notes
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "Passengers". The Pacific Commercial Advertiser. March 26, 1864. p. Image 2, Col. 2. Retrieved March 24, 2018.
  3. "Birthday Honors to Good Old Father Clement". The Pacific Commercial Advertiser. June 9, 1907. p. Image 1, col. 3. Retrieved March 24, 2018.
  4. Pope 2001, p. 3.
  5. "Rev. Father Stephen Heartily Received". Evening Bulletin. April 8, 1902. p. 6. Retrieved March 24, 2018.
  6. "Good Old Father Clement And His Useful Ministry". The Hawaiian Gazette. February 19, 1909. p. 6, col. 2. Retrieved March 24, 2018.; "Father Clement Is Dead". The Hawaiian Star. June 10, 1909. p. Image 1. Retrieved March 24, 2018.
  7. Pope 2001, p. 7.
  8. "Church of the Sacred Hearts in Parish of Punahou Dedicated by Bishop Libert". The Hawaiian Gazette. November 3, 1914. p. 8. Retrieved March 24, 2018.
  9. "Bachelot Hall is Dedicated; Program Pleases Large Crowd". Honolulu Star-Bulletin at Newspapers.com. No. June 23, 1923. p. 7. Retrieved March 24, 2018.
  10. The Catholic encyclopedia; Index. The encyclopedia press, inc. 1914. p. 6.; "Image and caption of Bachelot Memorial Hall". The Honolulu Advertiser at Newspapers.com. No. June 17, 1923. p. 9. Retrieved March 24, 2018.
  11. "Award Contract For Rectory At Sacred Heart". The Honolulu Advertiser at Newspapers.com. May 24, 1926. p. 3, col. 6. Retrieved March 24, 2018.
  12. "Asset Detail". npgallery.nps.gov. Retrieved March 24, 2018.

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