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Albert Spencer Wilcox Memorial Building On February 3, 1922, a letter from Mrs. Emma Mahelona Wilcox was delivered to the Board of Trustees of the Kauai Public Library Association, in which she offered to give $75,000 for the erection of a free County library in memory of her husband, Albert Spencer Wilcox. On October of 1922, Hart Wood, one of Hawaiis foremost architects, was selected to design the building, which was officially dedicated on May 24, 1924. This beautiful old structure sits in the center of historic downtown Lihue, on Rice Street, and has a lava rock exterior, sloped roof, barrel vaulted ceilings, original antique light fixtures, and a mezzanine with a balcony overlooking the first floor. Because the Wilcox building was on the National Historic Register, no changes to the historic structure could take place. So, when the building could no longer house its library collection, a new library was built in Lihue in 1969. In 1970, the Albert Spencer Wilcox Memorial Building became a dedicated part of the Kauai Museum.

Address: 4428 Rice Street, Lihue, Hawaii 96766.
Telephone: (808) 245-6931
Website: http://www.kauaimuseum.org/