Statewide County HI Archives Biographies.....Cohen, Herbert September 11, 1882 - 
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Source: The Story of Hawaii and Its Builders, published by the Honolulu Star-Bulletin Ltd., Territory of Hawaii, 1925
Author: Edited by George F. Nellist

HERBERT COHEN, Architect and Engineer. Conversion of a sugar cane field into a 
modern seaplane and airplane station at Luke Field, Oahu, is one of the 
notable engineering achievements of Herbert Cohen, architect and consulting 
engineer. He designed the air station for the United States army in 1917.
  Beginning his professional career in Hawaii in 1914, Mr. Cohen has shared 
with other architects in the beautification of Honolulu. He has designed many 
residences, among them the homes of George E. Lake and Albert F. Afong. The 
new federal building at Hilo was constructed under Mr. Cohen’s supervision and 
he also designed and executed the laboratory buildings for the experiment 
station maintained in Honolulu by the Hawaiian Sugar Planters’ Association. He 
has been engage in private practice as an architect in Honolulu since 1919.
  Born at Pottsville, Penn., Sept. 11, 1882, Mr. Cohen is the son of Samuel 
and Betty (Kayton) Cohen. He was educated in public schools of Chicago and 
received a B. A. degree at the University of Chicago in 1902.
  Before coming to Honolulu, he was structural engineer, architectural 
draftsman and superintendent of construction in Chicago from 1902 to 1907, 
when he entered the government service as superintendent of construction of 
federal buildings, in which capacity he handled work in Kansas, Missouri, 
Louisiana and South Dakota until 1914, when he came to Hawaii.
  Mr. Cohen married Irma Spitzer of Honolulu at Chicago, Aug. 19, 1908. They 
have two children, Margery Joy and Robert James Cohen. He is a Mason, a member 
of the Society of Constructors of Federal Buildings and Honolulu Chapter, 
American Association of Engineers, and the University Club.


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