The Kauai Historic Preservation Review Commission, which was established in 1986 by country ordinance, is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year.

The KHPRC consists of nine volunteer members who meet monthly. The commission serves as an advisory body for both the Department of Planning and the Planning Commission, and provides recommendations on various archaeological aspects and building design review of historic resources and development.

“We are very proud that the County of Kauai was the first in the state to begin to facilitate public participation in historic preservation efforts at the local level,” KHPRC Chairwoman Anne Schneider said in a statement. “Over the years, our all-volunteer commission has worked hard to ‘protect, preserve, perpetuate, promote, enhance and develop the historic resources of Kauai.’”

Other members of the KHPRC include Vice Chairwoman Victoria Wichman, Althea Lovell Arinaga, Charlotte Hoomanawanui, David Helder, Deatri Nakea, Lawrence Chaffin Jr., Patricia Griffin and Stephen Long.

A major project managed by the commission is the Kauai Historic Resources Inventory and Management Plan. The plan identifies historic properties that are included in an islandwide inventory, and is used as a planning tool.

Among the locations included in the historic preservation register are the Lihue Civic Center Historic District and the Kauai Museum, as well as archaeological complexes, fishponds, homes, sugar mills and bridges. The most recent Kauai property that was reviewed by the KHPRC and added to the state register is the Kauai Pineapple Co.’s superintendent’s house in Koloa.

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Star-Advertiser staff