The Melchers Building at fifty-one Merchant Street is identifiable as the oldest commercial structure in Honolulu. Built in eighteen fifty-four, it stands as a quiet, two-story relic of the city’s early mercantile era. While its outer appearance is now masked by layers of plain stucco and paint, the walls were originally constructed from white coral blocks harvested from the ocean.
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