The solitary gas pump, the encircling verandah of the post office, and the front porch of the store evoke small-town life in an earlier era. The hipped roofs further contribute to the tranquility of the place. The hollow tiles for the three buildings were manufactured on-site, using black and white sands.
Don J. Hibbard, "Post Office and Courthouse, Settlement Store, Gas Station", [Kalaupapa, Hawaii], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/HI-01-ML19.10.
Buildings of Hawaii, Don J. Hibbard. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2011, 239-240.
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