Kong Lung Store

The Kong Lung Store in Kilauea, Hawaii was originally built, in c.1941, to be the Kilauea Plantation store. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.[1]

Kong Lung Store
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	2484 Keneke Street, on Kilauea Lighthouse Rd., half-mile north of Hawaii Route 56, Kilauea, Hawaii
Coordinates	22°12′55″N 159°24′35″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	c.1941
Built by	Allen, Ray M.
MPS	Kilauea Plantation Stone Buildings MPS
NRHP reference No.	93000776[1]
Added to NRHP	August 5, 1993

It is a 117-by-67-foot (36 m × 20 m) building, the last stone building built by the Kilauea Sugar Company, built of field stone up to its lower gable level, that was a replacement for a previous wood building.[2]

It is deemed significant as an example of masonry construction in Kilauea, usually used for domestic architecture, here adapted for a commercial building. And it is significant for association with the sugarcane plantation and the provision of goods to its workers. The store was managed independently from the plantation, by Chew Lung, son of Lung Wan Chee (b. 1860) who managed the first, predecessor store. It was originally open from 2am to 5am, operated by workers who then went to work in the plantation fields.[2]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Barbara Robeson (May 23, 1991). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Kong Lung Store". National Park Service. and accompanying photo