Park Service tears down historic Navy home at Pearl Harbor

HONOLULU (AP) — The National Park Service said Thursday it demolished a historic home at Pearl Harbor without consulting historic preservation authorities as required.

Jacqueline Ashwell, superintendent of the national park that includes Pearl Harbor historic sites, said in an interview the park service failed to provide appropriate oversight.

An environmental assessment conducted for the project in 2012 called the homes unique examples of historic Navy housing in Hawaii.

Ashwell assumed leadership of Pearl Harbor's historic sites in October after serving as superintendent of national parks in the Seattle area.