• The Stangenwald Building at 119 Merchant Street, in downtown Honolulu, Hawaii was the city's first high-rise office building, with its own law library...
  • An extended balcony above the entrance is another notable exterior element. The Stangenwald Building is a part of the Merchant Street Historic District.
  • The six-story Renaissance Revival Stangenwald Building was the tallest in the territory at its completion.
  • The Stangenwald Building has the distinction of being Honolulu's first high rise office building, and one of the earliest electric elevators in the state as of 1901.
  • At six stories, the Stangenwald building was considered Hawaii's first skyscraper and one of the most prestigious addresses in Honolulu.
  • The Stangenwald Building was the tallest on the island until the construction of the seven-story Edgewater Hotel in Waikiki in 1950.
  • I’ve been hoping to come across one of these old staircases for awhile and I found one at the Stangenwald Building on Merchant Street downtown.
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  • Curiously, as the Stangenwald Building was being designed by architect C.W. Dickey, debate raged among the building's backers as to the final height.