Salvation Army Waioli Tea Room - Honolulu, HI - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com

"The Salvation Army Wai?oli Tea Room was a Honolulu restaurant that operated from 1922 to 2014. After being closed for several years, it reopened in November 2018 as Wai?oli Kitchen and Bake Shop. The restaurant is in a historic building at 2950 Manoa Road, at the intersection of O?ahu Avenue and Manoa Road on the island of Oahu. Adjacent to the restaurant is a replica of the grass house that Robert Louis Stevenson occupied in 1889 when he visited Princess Ka?iulani and her father Archibald Scott Cleghorn at their ?Ainahau estate in Waikiki.

Located in Manoa Valley, the Wai?oli Tea Room was formally dedicated in 1922, as part of the Salvation Army Girls' Home program to teach young women marketable job skills. The Salvation Army facility was one of several institutions in Hawaii in that era that provided care for those in need. Other such facilities included the Kaiulani Home for Girls, the Castle Home, and the Catholic Orphanage.

The concept for Wai'oli Tea Room was based on the high tea traditions of British Columbia emigrants living in Hawaii at the time it was built in 1922. Wai?oli used "high tea" and "afternoon tea" to mean the same thing. Over the years, it has been a popular venue for local residents as well as tourists."

The original one-story lava rock and shingle bungalow features an open lanai (veranda), a large room with an open-beam ceiling, fireplace, and tall double-hung windows, and another smaller room with a fireplace. It was designed by Emory & Webb, a successful Honolulu architectural firm of the era, to harmonize with nearby residences. [4] Walter Leavitte Emory was born November 10, 1868, in Fitchburg, Massachusetts. He relocated to the Territory of Hawaii in 1898. Marshall Hickman Webb was born May 7, 1869, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Sometime between 1908 and 1910, the two formed the architectural partnership of Emory & Webb. They designed numerous buildings and residences in Honolulu, perhaps the most notable being the 1922 Hawaii Theatre. Emory died in 1929.

The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places listings on Oahu on October 30, 1998. When it was originally built in 1922, there was one L-shaped wing. A 1926 addition created a U-shaped building; the resulting interior open lanai was subsequently roofed over and enclosed. The current entrance dates from 1960." (visit link)

Street address: 3016 Oahu Ave Honolulu, HI USA County / Borough / Parish: Honolulu Year listed: 1998 Historic (Areas of) Significance: Architecture/Engineering, Event Periods of significance: 1925-1949, 1900-1924 Historic function: Commerce/Trade, Education, Social Current function: Social Privately owned?: yes Primary Web Site: [Web Link] Secondary Website 1: [Web Link] Secondary Website 2: [Web Link] Season start / Season finish: Not listed Hours of operation: Not listed National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed

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