Alfred Hocking House

Honolulu County, United States

Exterior only

Visible from the street; the inside is private.

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Heritage registerNational Register of Historic Places↗

Located at 1302 Nehoa Street in Honolulu, the Alfred Hocking House (also known as Graystones) is a 1903 Queen Anne residence built for Alfred Hocking, founder of the Honolulu Brewing and Malting Company. Designed by nationally renowned architect E.A.P. Newcomb in partnership with prominent local architect C.W. Dickey, the house exemplifies the style with its distinctive exterior of hand-cut bluestone slabs complemented by white latticework and wraparound porch with green and white awnings. The 8,210-square-foot interior features seven bedrooms, high ceilings, a grand staircase, hardwood floors, redwood wainscoting, Palladian windows, and a remarkable fern grotto with tropical plantings off the dining room. After remaining in the Hocking family until 1947, the property underwent a celebrated 1985 restoration by entrepreneur Rick Ralston that won an Award for Ground-Up Restoration. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984, the house stands as a notable example of early twentieth-century Hawaiian domestic architecture.