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'''Spalding House''', also known as the '''Cooke-Spalding House''' and called '''Nuumealani''' (heavenly terrace) by [[Anna Rice Cooke]] who commissioned it, together with its gardens constitute a 3½ acre |
'''Spalding House''', also known as the '''Cooke-Spalding House''' and called '''Nuumealani''' (heavenly terrace) by [[Anna Rice Cooke]], who commissioned it, together with its gardens constitute a 3½ acre former art museum in [[Makiki|Makiki Heights]], on the island of [[O'ahu]].<ref>Honolulu Museum of Art, ''Honolulu Museum of Art, Spalding House'', 2012, p. 2</ref><ref>Fox, Robert M. and David Cheever, "Historic Cooke family home converted from hidden gem to contemporary museum", ''Honolulu Star-Advertiser'', Oct. 5, 2014, p. B2</ref> |
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Spalding House was built as a residence in 1925 by Mrs. Cooke, the widow of [[Charles Montague Cooke]] a local businessman and missionary descendant. At the same time, the Honolulu Academy of Art (later renamed [[Honolulu Museum of Art]]), which Mrs. Cooke endowed, was being built on the site of her former home on Beretania Street in Honolulu. The [[Makiki|Makiki Heights]] |
Spalding House was built as a residence in 1925 by Mrs. Cooke, the widow of [[Charles Montague Cooke]], a local businessman and missionary descendant. At the same time, the Honolulu Academy of Art (later renamed [[Honolulu Museum of Art]]), which Mrs. Cooke endowed, was being built on the site of her former home on Beretania Street in Honolulu. The [[Makiki|Makiki Heights]] home was designed by [[Hart Wood]] and later enlarged by the firm of [[Bertram Goodhue|Bertram Goodhue and Associates]]. In 1950, Cooke's daughter, Alice Spalding (Mrs. Phillip Spalding), engaged [[Vladimir Ossipoff]] to remodel the ground floor.<ref>Fox, Robert M. and David Cheever, "Historic Cooke family home converted from hidden gem to contemporary museum", ''Honolulu Star-Advertiser'', Oct. 5, 2014, p. B2</ref> The [[Honolulu Museum of Art]] acquired the estate as a bequest from Alice Spalding in 1968 and operated it as an annex for the display of Japanese prints from 1970 to 1978. In the late 1970s, it was sold it to a subsidiary of ''[[The Honolulu Advertiser]]''. In 1986, the [[Thurston Twigg-Smith]] family converted it to [[Honolulu Museum of Art Spalding House|The Contemporary Museum]]. Following interior renovation, the museum, with its doors by artists [[Robert Graham (sculptor)|Robert Graham]] and [[Tony Berlant]], opened to the public in October 1988.<ref>{{cite web |title= History of the Spalding House |work= The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu web site |url= http://www.tcmhi.org/mi_spalding.htm |access-date= May 4, 2010 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100502031144/http://www.tcmhi.org/mi_spalding.htm |archive-date= May 2, 2010 |df= }}</ref><ref>Honolulu Museum of Art, ''Honolulu Museum of Art, Spalding House'', 2012, p. 3</ref> |
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On May 2, 2011, The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu ceased to exist as an independent entity, and is now known as the [[Honolulu Museum of Art Spalding House]]. The Honolulu Academy of Art acquired Spalding House along with its collections of more than 3,000 works of art.<ref>Burlingame, Burl, “Art museums sign off on merger agreement”, ''Honolulu Star-Advertiser'', May 3, 2011, p. B2</ref> The [[Makiki|Makiki Heights]] building, which has about 5,000 square feet of gallery space, reassumed its former name, “Spalding House." Around that time the Honolulu Academy of Art rebranded itself [[Honolulu Museum of Art]]. It currently displays rotating exhibitions of mostly [[contemporary art]]. |
On May 2, 2011, The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu ceased to exist as an independent entity, and is now known as the [[Honolulu Museum of Art Spalding House]]. The Honolulu Academy of Art acquired Spalding House along with its collections of more than 3,000 works of art.<ref>Burlingame, Burl, “Art museums sign off on merger agreement”, ''Honolulu Star-Advertiser'', May 3, 2011, p. B2</ref> The [[Makiki|Makiki Heights]] building, which has about 5,000 square feet of gallery space, reassumed its former name, “Spalding House." Around that time the Honolulu Academy of Art rebranded itself [[Honolulu Museum of Art]]. It currently displays rotating exhibitions of mostly [[contemporary art]]. |
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==The Milton Cades Pavilion== |
==The Milton Cades Pavilion== |
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[[David Hockney]] designed [[Set construction|stage sets]] for three one-act French operas presented at the [[Metropolitan Opera]] in 1981. He reconstructed these [[Set construction|stage sets]] for a 1983 exhibition at the [[Walker Art Center]], ''Hockney Paints the Stage''. The three-dimensional set for [[Maurice Ravel|Maurice Ravel's]] opera, ''[[L'enfant et les sortilèges]]'' (''The Child and the Spells''), was acquired for the 1988 opening of The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, and |
[[David Hockney]] designed [[Set construction|stage sets]] for three one-act French operas presented at the [[Metropolitan Opera]] in 1981. He reconstructed these [[Set construction|stage sets]] for a 1983 exhibition at the [[Walker Art Center]], ''Hockney Paints the Stage''. The three-dimensional set for [[Maurice Ravel|Maurice Ravel's]] opera, ''[[L'enfant et les sortilèges]]'' (''The Child and the Spells''), was acquired for the 1988 opening of The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, and was installed in the Milton Cades Pavilion on the grounds of Spalding House.<ref>Honolulu Museum of Art, ''Honolulu Museum of Art, Spalding House'', 2012, p. 6</ref> |
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==Gardens== |
==Gardens== |
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The surrounding gardens were originally landscaped between 1928 and 1941 as a [[Japanese garden|Japanese stroll garden]] by Reverend K. H. Inagaki, a Christian minister of Japanese ancestry. In 1941, he traveled to Japan to visit relatives, and was never heard from again. From 1979 |
The surrounding gardens were originally landscaped between 1928 and 1941 as a [[Japanese garden|Japanese stroll garden]] by Reverend K. H. Inagaki, a Christian minister of Japanese ancestry. In 1941, he traveled to Japan to visit relatives, and was never heard from again. From 1979 to 1980, the gardens were resuscitated by Honolulu landscape architect James C. Hubbard. During the 1990s, Kahalu{{okina}}u-based landscape architect [[Leland Miyano]] brought the gardens to their current state. While open as a museum, the grounds displayed sculpture by [[Satoru Abe]], [[Charles Arnoldi]], [[John E. Buck|John Buck]], [[Mark Bulwinkle]], [[Deborah Butterfield]], [[Gordon Chandler]], [[Jedd Garet]], [[Jun Kaneko]], [[George Rickey]], [[James Seawright]], [[Toshiko Takaezu]], [[Tom Wesselmann]], and [[Arnold Zimmerman]].<ref>Honolulu Museum of Art, ''Spalding House Self-guided Tour, Sculpture Garden'', 2014</ref> |
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==Closure== |
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The Honolulu Museum of Art announced in July 2019 that it would close its Spalding House location and put the property on the market.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.staradvertiser.com/2019/07/16/breaking-news/honolulu-museum-of-art-to-sell-historical-spalding-house-in-makiki/|title=Honolulu Museum of Art to sell historic Spalding House in Makiki|[email protected]|first=By Nina Wu|last2=July 16|first2=2019|date=2019-07-16|website=Honolulu Star-Advertiser|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-04}}</ref>The site closed to the public in December 2019.<ref>{{cite web | title=Spalding House, Honolulu Museum of Art |url=https://honolulumuseum.org/11981-spalding_house Spalding House |accessdate=26 January 2020}}</ref> |
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Spalding House is located at 2411 Makiki Heights Drive, [[Honolulu, Hawaii]], and is open to the public. coordinates {{coord | 21|18|43|N| 157|49|58|W| type:landmark_region:US-HI |display=inline,title }}. |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Revision as of 21:21, 26 January 2020
Spalding House, also known as the Cooke-Spalding House and called Nuumealani (heavenly terrace) by Anna Rice Cooke, who commissioned it, together with its gardens constitute a 3½ acre former art museum in Makiki Heights, on the island of O'ahu.[1][2]
Spalding House was built as a residence in 1925 by Mrs. Cooke, the widow of Charles Montague Cooke, a local businessman and missionary descendant. At the same time, the Honolulu Academy of Art (later renamed Honolulu Museum of Art), which Mrs. Cooke endowed, was being built on the site of her former home on Beretania Street in Honolulu. The Makiki Heights home was designed by Hart Wood and later enlarged by the firm of Bertram Goodhue and Associates. In 1950, Cooke's daughter, Alice Spalding (Mrs. Phillip Spalding), engaged Vladimir Ossipoff to remodel the ground floor.[3] The Honolulu Museum of Art acquired the estate as a bequest from Alice Spalding in 1968 and operated it as an annex for the display of Japanese prints from 1970 to 1978. In the late 1970s, it was sold it to a subsidiary of The Honolulu Advertiser. In 1986, the Thurston Twigg-Smith family converted it to The Contemporary Museum. Following interior renovation, the museum, with its doors by artists Robert Graham and Tony Berlant, opened to the public in October 1988.[4][5]
On May 2, 2011, The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu ceased to exist as an independent entity, and is now known as the Honolulu Museum of Art Spalding House. The Honolulu Academy of Art acquired Spalding House along with its collections of more than 3,000 works of art.[6] The Makiki Heights building, which has about 5,000 square feet of gallery space, reassumed its former name, “Spalding House." Around that time the Honolulu Academy of Art rebranded itself Honolulu Museum of Art. It currently displays rotating exhibitions of mostly contemporary art.
The Milton Cades Pavilion
David Hockney designed stage sets for three one-act French operas presented at the Metropolitan Opera in 1981. He reconstructed these stage sets for a 1983 exhibition at the Walker Art Center, Hockney Paints the Stage. The three-dimensional set for Maurice Ravel's opera, L'enfant et les sortilèges (The Child and the Spells), was acquired for the 1988 opening of The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, and was installed in the Milton Cades Pavilion on the grounds of Spalding House.[7]
Gardens
The surrounding gardens were originally landscaped between 1928 and 1941 as a Japanese stroll garden by Reverend K. H. Inagaki, a Christian minister of Japanese ancestry. In 1941, he traveled to Japan to visit relatives, and was never heard from again. From 1979 to 1980, the gardens were resuscitated by Honolulu landscape architect James C. Hubbard. During the 1990s, Kahaluʻu-based landscape architect Leland Miyano brought the gardens to their current state. While open as a museum, the grounds displayed sculpture by Satoru Abe, Charles Arnoldi, John Buck, Mark Bulwinkle, Deborah Butterfield, Gordon Chandler, Jedd Garet, Jun Kaneko, George Rickey, James Seawright, Toshiko Takaezu, Tom Wesselmann, and Arnold Zimmerman.[8]
Closure
The Honolulu Museum of Art announced in July 2019 that it would close its Spalding House location and put the property on the market.[9]The site closed to the public in December 2019.[10]
References
- ^ Honolulu Museum of Art, Honolulu Museum of Art, Spalding House, 2012, p. 2
- ^ Fox, Robert M. and David Cheever, "Historic Cooke family home converted from hidden gem to contemporary museum", Honolulu Star-Advertiser, Oct. 5, 2014, p. B2
- ^ Fox, Robert M. and David Cheever, "Historic Cooke family home converted from hidden gem to contemporary museum", Honolulu Star-Advertiser, Oct. 5, 2014, p. B2
- ^ "History of the Spalding House". The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu web site. Archived from the original on May 2, 2010. Retrieved May 4, 2010.
- ^ Honolulu Museum of Art, Honolulu Museum of Art, Spalding House, 2012, p. 3
- ^ Burlingame, Burl, “Art museums sign off on merger agreement”, Honolulu Star-Advertiser, May 3, 2011, p. B2
- ^ Honolulu Museum of Art, Honolulu Museum of Art, Spalding House, 2012, p. 6
- ^ Honolulu Museum of Art, Spalding House Self-guided Tour, Sculpture Garden, 2014
- ^ [email protected], By Nina Wu; July 16, 2019 (2019-07-16). "Honolulu Museum of Art to sell historic Spalding House in Makiki". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Retrieved 2019-08-04.
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External links
- Spalding House - Honolulu Museum of Art
- National Register of Historic Places Registration Form
