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environment. Unfortunately, many canopies have been removed from Pahoa's historic buildings due to deterioration 1 or the requirements of modern building codes. Cornice: Often used in plantation-style commercial architecture, cornices were sometimes ornamented with rather elaborate brackets, while others were quite simple in detail. Cornices and brackets were an easy way to decorate a building during an age when craftsmen were easy to find, but building materials were not. Attic Vent: Louvered attic vents were a prominent, distinctive feature of plantation architecture, often appearing in a variety of geometric shapes, including round, square, rectangular, semi-circular, and rectangular with a gable-shaped peak. Kick plate: Older plantation-style buildings often included an architectural feature known as a "kick plate." Kick plates are wood panels located beneath the windows and approximately 18" above the foundation. Many of Pahoa's plantation-style buildings have been inappropriately remodeled with large plate-glass windows that replaced both the historic windows and kick plates. Character defining features of plantation-style residential architecture: Most of Pahoa's older residential buildings are characterized as "plantation style" and are typical of older houses throughout Hawaii. "Plantation-style" features vary, but generally share the following elements: • Building height: Usually one story. • Foundation: Post and pier • Roof form: Gable, hipped, and gable over hip. • Roof materials: Corrugated metal, wood shakes; in recent decades, many were reroofed with composition shingles. • Walls: Single-wall, vertical-board construction. A prominent feature on plantation style houses is a girt, a horizontal band that wraps around a vertical board house, in essence serving as a girdle that holds the boards together. • Eaves: Open, overhanging eaves with exposed rafters. • Doors: Wood with glass doors or French doors with sidelights. • Windows: Wood-framed, double-hung windows, sliding sash windows, casement windows or more elaborate windows, with diamond or rectangular-patterned panes. • Attic Vent: Louvered attic vents in a variety of geometric shapes, including round, square, rectangular, semi-circular, and rectangular with a gable-shaped peak. • Lanais: Covered with a shed or gable roof often highlighting the entrance; some ran the full width of the house. A simple or decorative balustrade added to the lanai. 7 Page