S.C.R. NO. 101 Summary

• Urges the Department of Land and Natural Resources to recognize Naalehu Theater as a historic landmark and protect its historic legacy.

• Naalehu Theater, built in 1925 by Hutchinson Sugar Company, is the southernmost theater in the country and hosted live performances and movie screenings for the public.

• Theater property is currently owned by 300 Corporation, a division of the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation; a 2005 listing attempt was objected to by the property owner.

• Listing on the National Register of Historic Places would make the theater eligible for financial resources, grants, media exposure, and a 20 percent federal reimbursement for approved repairs as a commercial building.

• Theater was identified in 2010 by Honolulu Magazine as one of "Hawaii's Most Endangered Historic Sites" and required approximately $150,000 in roof, ceiling, gutter, and foundation repairs beginning in 2006.