An intimate little library, its simple portico, Palladian window, shingled walls, and bay windows set forth a sense of romantic formality. The land on which the library stands was donated to the territory by Dorothy Bond, Dr. Benjamin Bond's daughter, and missionary Elias Bond's great-granddaughter.
Don J. Hibbard, "Benjamin D. Bond Library", [Waimea, Hawaii], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/HI-01-HA70.
Buildings of Hawaii, Don J. Hibbard. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2011, 280-280.
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