Category Archives: Building

History of Kawaiahao Church, 1885.

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KAWAIAHAO CHURCH

The readers of the Kuokoa will probably not be unable to recognize the features of the building pictured above; it is the church of Kawaiahao. It is an old building and one that is greatly beloved by a portion of our people, this mother church of ours. Its predecessor on these grounds was a church of pili grass; and the stone building was completed in 1842, constructed by the loving hands of the alii and makaainana of times gone by. It was Kekuanaoa and Bingham [Binamu] Sr. who selected the area where it was to be built and supervised its construction, however Bingham returned to America before the completion of this building.

There were many renowned events which were done in Kawaiahao such that it is as if the building was the place to carry out grand and fine deeds of the past, of the nation and the people. It was in this building that a number of the Legislative Sessions of the nation were opened, if this writer is not mistaken. It was in this building that Kamehameha V opened the Constitutional Convention [Ahaolelo Hooponopono Kumukanawai] on the 7th of July, 1864. Continue reading →

Hilo’s Palace Theatre, 1925.

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THE PALACE THEATRE

The astonishingly beautiful Theatre was just completed, and it was dedicated [hoau ia] in the evening of this past Monday, and a great crowd filled this very first opening.

A Hawaiian established this beautiful building here in Hilo, and it can accommodate 813 guests. It is divided up into various sections, and there are proper seats located everywhere, and the moviegoers at all times will sit in true comfort. Continue reading →

Even more local news from a hundred years ago, 1915.

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Local News

On the coming 13th in the month of March, an election for county seats will be held, outside of the City and County of Honolulu.

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On the Sierra of this past Monday, Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Taylor returned to this city after spending a year or so in San Francisco.

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The Young People’s League [Ahahui o ka Poe Opiopio] is planning to put on once more a grand concert in the Opera House [Hale Mele Hou], sometime during the coming month.

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Currently being planned is a special excursion for Honolulu’s people aboard the Kilauea to Kauai next month, this coming February.

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From what is being heard, there is much criticism by the people over the appointing of R. W. Aylett as head of the garbage system, for he has a job in the band [Royal Hawaiian Band].

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Walking around Honolulu, 1853.

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HONOLULU IN 1853.

Oftentimes it is difficult to picture what places looked like and where they were situated. This paper appearing in Thrum’s Hawaiian Almanac and Annual for 1898 by Warren Goodale and supplemented by Thomas G. Thrum is an interesting read because it show buildings of old Honolulu from lithographs (in the collection of the Hawaiian Historical Society) done by Paul Emmert, and describes locations of the buildings.

[One of yesterday’s posts mentioned Kalakaua boarding a skiff makai of Halemahoe, which appears in this paper as Hale Mahoe. Luckily this volume and most years of Thrum’s Almanac and Annual are available online. For this particular article, click on the image below.]

Paul Emmert Lithograph No. 1

“HONOLULU IN 1853.” Hawaiian Almanac and Annual for 1898, pp 80-104.

Naniloa Hotel to be sold? 1945.

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[Found under: “NA MEAHOU O KE AO NEI”]

Misconstrued

It was announced by a newspaper in Honolulu that the Naniloa Hotel was just sold off for a sum of $300,000, being bought by someone from Honolulu that has not been named.

When W. D. Childs heard of this news, he said that it was not true. The hotel remains under their control, and it is true that a person from Honolulu wanted to arrange a purchase of the hotel, but those negotiations did not work out.

Therefore, the news in the Honolulu paper about the selling of the Naniloa Hotel was misguided.

(Hoku o Hawaii, 10/17/1945, p. 1)

Paewa Ka Pilina

Ka Hoku o Hawaii, Volume LX, Number 21 [23], Aoao 1. Okatoba 17, 1945.

Naniloa Hotel in Hilo opens, 1940.

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Naniloa Hotel

In the evening of this past Saturday, the New Hotel of Hilo nei, the “Naniloa Hotel” [Hokele Naniloa] opened officially. During that time, the musical group of Ray Kinney performed the music for the opening. Something great in that performance of music to dedicate and entertain, was the singing of the mele that was composed for the hotel. Mrs. Eliza K. Osorio was the one who performed the song with her singers. Continue reading →

Churches in town, 1856.

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PLACES OF WORSHIP.

SEAMEN’S BETHEL—Rev. S. C. Damon Chaplain—King street, near the Sailors’ Home. Preaching on Sundays at 11 A. M. and 7½ P. M. Seats free. Sabbath School after the morning services.

FORT STREET CHURCH—Services at present in the Court House, up stairs—Rev. J. D. Strong, Pastor. Preaching on Sundays at 11 A. M. and 7½ P. M. Seats free. Sabbath School meets at 10 A. M.

METHODIST CHURCH—Nuuanu avenue, corner of Tutui street—Rev. Wm. S. Turner, Pastor. Preaching every Sunday at 11 A. M. and 7½ P. M. Seats free. Sabbath School meets at 10 A. M.

KING’S CHAPEL—King street, above the Palace—Rev. E. W. Clark Pastor. Pulpit supplied at present by Rev. Messrs. Armstrong and Bishop. Services, in Hawaiian every Sunday at 9½ A. M. and 3 P. M.

CATHOLIC CHURCH—Fort street, near Beretania—under the charge of Rt. Rev. Bishop Maigret, assisted by Abbe Modeste. Services every Sunday at 10 A. M. and 2 P. M.

SMITH’S CHURCH—Beretania street, near Nuuanu street—Rev. Lowell Smith Pastor. Services in Hawaiian, every Sunday at 10 A. M. and 2½ P. M.

[It is interesting to see Tutui street which we see today as Kukui. The King’s Chapel, also known as the Stone Church, is Kawaiahao Church.]

(Pacific Commercial Advertiser, 11/20/1856, p. 2)

PLACES OF WORSHIP.

The Pacific Commercial Advertiser, Volume I, Number 21, Page 2. November 20, 1856.

 

Bishop Museum, 1891.

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NOTICE.

THE BISHOP MUSEUM IS NOT open to the public until the arrangement of the collections is completed, of which due notice will be given; and until then visitors cannot be admitted.

W. T. BRIGHAM, Curator.

May 14, 1891.

(Pacific Commercial Advertiser, 5/16/1891, p. 2)

NOTICE.

The Pacific Commercial Advertiser, Volume XIII, Number 2766, Page 2. May 16, 1891.

Transfer of treasures of the National Museum to the Bishop Museum, 1891.

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SLIPPING AWAY.

Barring any obstacles, during some of the days of this week, the location of the artifacts housed in the National Museum Office at Aliiolani Hale will be transferred to the Bishop Museum Office at Kamehameha School, to go under the care of Prof. W. S. Brigham of the Bishop Museum.

If the artifacts of the Nation are moved to their intended new nest, then that office will be open for other Government Agencies, like the Department of Land Survey, and its space will become an office for the two houses, and that is great because it is directly adjacent to the Attorney General’s Office; but this all depends on the decision of the one who sings.

(Leo o ka Lahui, 1/26/1891, p. 3)

E PAHEE ANA I KA WELOWELO.

Ka Leo o ka Lahui, Buke II, Helu 115, Aoao 3. Ianuari 26, 1891.

Enoch Wood Perry, Jr. in Hawaii, 1864.

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[Found under: “NA MEA HOU O HAWAII NEI.”]

A HAOLE PAINTER OF PICTURES.—We are happy to announce to our fellow devotees of the newspaper, that here in Honolulu is a haole named Perry who is highly skilled in painting pictures, and very accurate are the features of the painting of the Reverend Corwin of Kaukeano Church,¹ of which we have seen the likeness. We have heard that the Royal family has decided to give the haole a job of this nature.

¹Kaukeano Church was located at the corner of Fort and Beritania Streets.

(Kuokoa, 12/10/1864, p. 2)

He haole pena kii...

Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Buke III, Helu 50, Aoao 2. Dekemaba 10, 1864.