The C. Brewer Building at 827 Fort Street in

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was built in 1930 to be the headquarters of C. Brewer & Co., the smallest of Hawaii's Big Five corporations. The intimate, almost residential design was begun by Bertram Goodhue and completed by Hardie Phillip. The building was added to the

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on 2 April 1980. Built of reinforced concrete in a

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, with cut sandstone and

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and plaster finish, a walled garden, and second-floor balconies, it also features a tiled, double-pitched " Dickey roof" with wide eaves to protect against sun and rain. The modest decorations symbolized the business of the C. Brewer Company: wrought iron railings represent sugar cane, and light fixtures were designed to resemble of sugar cubes. After closing down the sugar business and diversifying into other agricultural products and spinning off its real-estate business, the company moved to

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on the

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in 1998. The building now houses the statewide headquarters of the Hawaii Community Foundation which moved into the building in 2010.

Gallery

Image:Honolulu-CBrewer-QueenSt.JPG, Back courtyard from Queen Street Image:Honolulu-CBrewer-courtyard-balconies.JPG, Front courtyard balconies Image:Honolulu-CBrewer-mezzanine.JPG, Second floor around main lobby Image:Honolulu-CBrewer-frontdesk.JPG, Reception desk, with Univ. of Phoenix logo Image:Honolulu-CBrewer-pew-floor.JPG, Wooden pew, stone flooring

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* {{NRHP Mediterranean Revival architecture in Hawaii Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Hawaii Office buildings in Hawaii Buildings and structures in Honolulu Commercial buildings in Hawaii Bertram Goodhue buildings Historic American Buildings Survey in Hawaii National Register of Historic Places in Honolulu 1930 establishments in Hawaii Commercial buildings completed in 1930