Hawaii State Public Library System

The flagship Hawaiʻi State Library, built in 1911 and designed by architect Henry D. Whitfield, was funded in part by industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie.

The HLRRA was Hawaii's second subscription library and was supported by the Hawaiian royal family.

King Kalakaua gave tax exemptions and a land grant for a site in downtown Honolulu.

During the next 10 years the library grew rapidly, and in 1927 the legislation appropriated $300,000 to expand and renovate the original building.

Dickey and included the addition of two wings creating a quadrangle with an open-air courtyard in the middle.