Magnum Mania!

Here are a few more HFO (Sweet Terror) clips taken at Pahonu.
The grounds were in terrific shape back then with no tennis court!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GONLcOM8uH4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkX83QXcRNU

I know we've mentioned the other Louis E. Davis house "Lipolani" here, but another has made the Oahu Historic Properties list just this year. It's at 2954 Makalei Place at the base of Diamond Head and was built in 1933 like Pahonu.



The nomination form in this link has extensive information describing the home and the architectural details, as well as some pictures. The person who filled out the nomination form said, "It is the work of a master having been designed by Honolulu architect Louis Davis": http://dlnr.hawaii.gov/shpd/files/2015/ ... idence.pdf

Really great pics at this site: http://www.us.open2view.com/properties/4804

Historic Hawaii Foundation website: http://historichawaii.org/2016/03/23/29 ... residence/

Interesting to note, as detailed on the nomination form, the house was also selected because of the longtime resident Robert Alexander Anderson, who was a World War I hero, businessman, and composer. A fun coincidence for the season, it's said that he composed "Mele Kalikimaka" at the home, and his golf buddy Bing Crosby recorded it the next year: https://youtu.be/ob4LT_gUSFQ

What a great find RG!
You weren't kidding about the extensive info supplied!!!
I can see hints of Pahonu in the design too.
It's interesting that both homes were designed by Davis AND also had Andersons living in each of them.
Great timing on the Mele Kalikimaka connection which is indeed a fun fact at this time of year.

Another fun fact......

In 1934 (a year after this house was built) the original owner, Dr. Hoey was the Rear Commodore of the Honolulu Yacht Club.
I believe he was a dentist and may have specialised in ortho....not confirmed yet. I wonder if he practised at one time with Dr. Wall in Honolulu and started talking about building a home which led to Davis doing both projects...all guesses. Also it would be interesting to know which house he started to design first, Pahonu or this one.....we know they finished around the same time 1933.

Another interesting bit.....Robert Anderson's father, Robert Anderson was also a dentist!

Here is the 2014 listing info and how much it sold for a few years back.....

https://www.coldwellbankerhomes.com/hi/ ... d_9550989/

Thanks for this great addition RG!

Great detective work on both parts.

Very nice addition to this thread and some added history for the island, the Anderson's and Davis, as well as architecture of the time.

What a stately facade it presents. Fantastic pictures at the link too. Gorgeous dwelling, inside and out.

Nice job RG & KENJI! Not sure how you'd research it, but the dentist connection sounds more than feasible to me. "Birds of a feather flock together"?

Thanks for sharing.

When I was researching the house yesterday I found that Dr. Hoey was definitely an orthodontist...and I agree, I thought it interesting that he and Wall were both in the dental field! Maybe Louis Davis had really bad teeth!

Just found this on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaJrVSlbUFI
Seems as if that guy actually got into our 'mecca'... The video includes several shots definiteley filmed on the property, not just from the outside/ fence.
You also can see how the gate opens... Oh man, I'm so jealous of that guy now...

I really wonder how he got permission to actually enter "Robin's Nest"...

JungleBird wrote:Just found this on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaJrVSlbUFI
Seems as if that guy actually got into our 'mecca'... The video includes several shots definiteley filmed on the property, not just from the outside/ fence.
You also can see how the gate opens... Oh man, I'm so jealous of that guy now...

I really wonder how he got permission to actually enter "Robin's Nest"...

Hi JungleBird,

Thanks for the youtube link!
I can tell you that all of the footage was taken from outside the wall (100%) so you don't have to be jealous.

Well okay, I was wrong about that, sorry.. In that case he must have used a pretty good zoom and held the camera through the fence... because some shots I've never seen taken by a tourist before, there normally were just bushes and palm trees blocking nearly every possible view on the estate /grounds... Could of course be because of the work taking place that they cut down much of the "jungle"

I just saw he replied on YT, describing what he saw when he was there:
"Robin's Nest is private property, so all my video shots came from outside the fence. Unfortunately, this is why I was not able to get better footage of the main house. However, I got lucky with what looked to me as real estate professionals showing people the property. I just happened to be filming out front when they arrived... That's how I scored the shots of the gate opening. I was stoked!!"

Interesting that he thinks he saw real estate agents on the property showing people around.. so maybe Mr. Nesbitt isn't handing it over to Obama in the end...? Time will tell...

Well that certainly is interesting about the realtors! I just asked him if this was a new video or if he filmed it when Pahonu was for sale. I'll update if he responds.

Rembrandt's Girl wrote:Well that certainly is interesting about the realtors! I just asked him if this was a new video or if he filmed it when Pahonu was for sale. I'll update if he responds.

He replied back, "They weren't in suits... Just an educated guess that they were real estate agents. No idea really. I was just happy they made the gate open so I could film it!" So...wonder who they were? Interesting anyway!

I found this fun Society story about Eve's (Mrs. Anderson) parents, Jimmy and Eva Glover, hosting a cocktail party in August 1938 at Pahonu!

Notes: Mrs. O.E. Wall is Eve's grandmother and Ed Grossman is her uncle. Eve's mother was "Eva" but the reporter calls her mother "Eve" so I assume she also went by "Eve".

Enjoy!

This is proof that modern journalism has truly degenerated. My local newspaper NEVER covers the important details of what the well-to-do wore at their soirees.

But seriously, thanks for sharing that. As I read the article I was watching the episode "Murder by Night" which was set in the year 1941. A funny coincidence.

Higgins would have been proud..........Guests included a Baroness, a Judge and those with nickname like Rusty, Bucky, Red, Patu and the ever elegant, Ole Lady.........

Great find RG!
This article is so descriptive that you can picture these people walking around Pahonu having a grand old time.
It reminds me a bit of The Case of the Red Faced Thespian....minus the murder...and of course Sir Fearing Pangborn...just a grand old garden party from back in the day. I wonder if Jimmy had problems with mongeese too...I mean mongoose.
I agree with Steve....Higgins would've been very proud....I wonder if there was even a Punky in the crowd.
Well done RG!!!

I've been researching how Eve's grandmother, Mrs. O.E. Wall (Julia), acquired the land for Pahonu and came up with the following news articles which piece everything together.

There was to be an auction for some Waimanalo lots being sold by the Territory of Hawaii, but a woman claimed some of the land was hers...

Star-Bulletin, May 2, 1930




While a decision was being made on the disputed parcel Mrs. Wall acquired two other parcels through direct purchases...

Honolulu Advertiser, May 6, 1930


AND

Honolulu Advertiser, May 7, 1930



The Territorial Land Board eventually sides with Mrs. Wall over the disputed parcel so the auction proceeds...

Honolulu Advertiser, July 9, 1930



And the rest is Pahonu history!

Honolulu Advertiser, August 21, 1930