List of Hawaiian royal residences

This is a list of residences once occupied by Hawaiian royalty during the Kingdom of Hawaii. Few can be referred to as palaces; most were private residences used by the aliʻi nui.

Royal residences

Residence	Location	Occupant	Current Status	Ref
ʻĀinahau	Honolulu	Kaʻiulani	Estate willed to the City of Honolulu for a park; the house burned down in early 1900s; the Sheraton Princess Kaiulani Hotel was built on the ground	[1]
Brick Palace	Lāhainā	Meant for Kaʻahumanu, but she had a grass hut built next to it and Kamehameha I lived in it for about a year.	Built by Mr. Mela [Miller] and Mr. Keka ‘ele’ele for Kaahumanu. Used by Kamehameha when he moved his court to this location. Converted into storage shed and later torn down; only the foundation and a memorial plaque remain	[2]
Haimoeipo	Honolulu	Queen Kalama, Victoria Kamāmalu, Lunalilo?	now site of the Hawaii State Capitol	[3]
Haleʻākala (ʻAikupika)	Honolulu	Bernice Pauahi Bishop & Liliʻuokalani	converted to the Arlington Hotel which was later torn down in October 1908	[4]
Haleʻākala (Royal Bungalow)	Honolulu	Kalākaua, Queen Kapiʻolani	Bungalow build on the ground of ʻIolani Palace, also called King's House, Queen's House or Healani (same as the Boathouse)	[5]
Halekamani	Lāhainā	Nāhienaena	sold to Gorham D. Gilman; ?	[6]
Hale Kauila (Halekauwila)	Honolulu	Nāhienaena, Kamehameha IV, Queen Kalama	Built by Kīnaʻu for Nāhienaena during his fatal pregnancy; used as a residence and meeting place for Kamehameha III prior to 1845	[7]
Hale Piula (or Halehuki)	Lāhainā	Kamehameha III	converted into courthouse after capital transferred to Honolulu, stones reused to construct new courthouse in 1858; part of Moku'ula site [8]	[9]
Hāliʻimaile	Honolulu, corner of King and Richards streets	Boki and Kuini Liliha^[citation needed], later Victoria Kamāmalu and Lot Kapuāiwa	?	[10]
Hānaiakamalama (Queen Emma Summer Palace)	Nuʻuanu (2913 Pali Highway)	Queen Emma	converted into museum by the Daughters of Hawaii	[11]
Healani (Kalākaua's Boathouse)	Honolulu Harbor	Kalākaua	?	[12]
Helumoa (Royal Groves)	Waikīkī	Kamehameha V	part of Bishop Estates; the royal cottage no longer exist; the Royal Hawaiian Center is on the spot but the royal coconut groves still remain	[13]
Hoʻihoʻikea	Honolulu	Kamehameha III, Kamehameha IV, Kamehameha V	Smaller royal residence flanking the west side of ʻIolani Palace on the west side. Named Hoʻihoʻikea (Restoration) in honor of Kamehameha III's restoration after the Paulet Affair of 1843.[14]	[15]
Honokaʻupu	Honolulu	Kekāuluohi, Charles Kanaʻina	Two-story coral house built for Kekāuluohi and her husband Charles Kanaʻina	[16]
Honuakaha	Honolulu	Queen Kapiolani	private residence of Queen Kapiolani near the corner of Queen and Punchbowl streets; ?	[17]
Huliheʻe Palace	Kailua-Kona	Keʻelikōlani	converted into museum by the Daughters of Hawaii in 1927	[18]
Ihikapukalani and Kauluhinano	Honolulu	Kamehameha IV, Queen Emma, Albert Kamehameha	Smaller royal residence flanking the east side of ʻIolani Palace; the makai side was known as Kauluhinano, and the mauka side was known as Ihikapukalani; site of the Hawaii State Archive building[14]	[19]
ʻIolani Palace	Honolulu	Kamehameha III, Kamehameha IV, Kamehameha V, Lunalilo, Kalākaua, Liliʻuokalani	original palace torn down to make way for 2nd palace due to termite damage; after the overthrow the 2nd palace became the executive building of the Provisionial Government, the Republic, and the Territory of Hawaii; later converted and remodeled into a museum	[20]
Kamakahonu	Kailua-Kona	Kamehameha I	now part of the King Kamehameha's Kona Beach Hotel with the ʻAhuʻena Heiau restored	[21]
Kaniakapupu	Honolulu	Kamehameha III	Summer home in Nu`uanu at Luakaha Falls, adjacent to Kaniakapupu heiau of Lono. In ruins.	[22]
Keʻalohilani	Hamohamo, Waikīkī	Liliʻuokalani	Inherited from Liliʻuokalani's grandfather ʻAikanaka along with Paoakalani, reserved for her retainers	[23]
Keōua Hale	Honolulu (1302 Queen Emma Street)	Keʻelikōlani	originally called Kaʻakopua before it burned down in 1873, the 1883 building was converted into a grammar school; razed in 1926 due to termite damage; open as the Central Middle School in 1928	[24]
Kīnaʻu Hale	Honolulu	Keoni Ana, later Kalama, Albert Kūnuiākea	converted into the chamberlain quarters in later years; used for the inauguration ceremony of King Kalākaua in 1874	[25]
Marine Residence	Waikīkī	Lunalilo, later Queen Emma	part of Queen Emma's trust; now site of the International Market Place	[26]
Marine Residence	Kailua-Kona	Kamehameha IV	he declared his neutrality during the American Civil War from here; ?	[27]
Mokuʻula	Lāhainā	Kamehameha III	abandoned in the mid-1800s; converted into a baseball field; now an archaeological site managed by the Friends of Mokuʻula; plans to restore the island and lake of Mokuhinia	[28]
Muʻolaulani	Kapālama	Liliʻuokalani	now the site of the Liliuokalani Children's Center	[29]
Paoakalani	Hamohamo, Waikīkī	Liliʻuokalani	Inherited from Liliʻuokalani's grandfather ʻAikanaka along with Kealohilani	[30]
Papakanene and Mokuaikaua	Honolulu	Victoria Kamāmalu, Kekūanaōʻa	originally the residence of Kalanimoku, on the south side of the Honolulu Fort	[31]
Pualeilani	Waikīkī	Kalākaua, Queen Kapiʻolani, Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole	willed to the City of Honolulu by Prince Kūhiō; became the Kuhio Beach	[32]
Rooke House	Honolulu	Queen Emma	during the 1900s it was a kindergarten named Queen Emma Hall in honor of the last owner of the house. Later the site of Rooke House was occupied by the Liberty Theater (which closed in 1980) and is now a parking lot.	[33]
Ululani or Kēhaulani	Honolulu	Victoria Kinoiki Kekaulike	willed to be site of maternity home; now site of Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children	[34]
Waipiʻo Palace	Waipiʻo Valley	ancient Kings of Hawaii Island	destroyed by the King Kahekili II of Maui in the 1700s	[35]
Wānanakoa	Nuʻuanu	Bernice Pauahi Bishop	now the site of the Royal Mausoleum	[36]
Washington Place	Honolulu	Liliʻuokalani	used as the Governor's mansion; now a museum	[18]

Gallery

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  ʻIolani Palace
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  King Kalākaua's residence outside Iolani Palace before 1882
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  Hale Aliʻi, the first royal palace on the spot of the current ʻIolani Palace, in 1857.
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  ʻĀinahau, home of Kaʻiulani, in the 1890s, showing the newly built Western house
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  ʻĀinahau, home of Kaiʻulani, in the 1870s, showing the original family bungalow
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  Grasshut palace of King Kamehameha III in Honolulu, 1826
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  Hānaiakamālama, Queen Emma's Summer Palace in the Nuanuʻu Valley
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  Washington Place, Liliʻuokalani's private residence inherited from her husband John Owen Dominis
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  Rooke House, childhood home of Queen Emma
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  Healani, King Kalākaua's Boathouse where he spend a majority of his reign and where he entertained Robert Louis Stevenson
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  Keōua Hale, Keʻelikōlani's Honolulu residence which rivaled Kalakaua's Iolani Palace in size and granduer
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  Huliheʻe Palace, Keʻelikōlani's residence in Kailua-Kona
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  Grasshut on the grounds of Huliheʻe Palace where Keʻelikōlani much preferred to reside in
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  Heluma, King Kamehameha V's royal cottage amongst the sacred coconut groves
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  The Bishop's Waikiki residence
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  Residence built by Pākī for his family; Liliʻuokalani childhood home
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  Halekamani, Princess Nāhienaena's residence in Lāhainā
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  Hāliʻimaile, Princess Victoria Kamāmalu and Prince Lot Kapuāiwa's residence prior his accession as king
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  One of Queen Liliʻuokalani's Waikīkī residence at Hamohamo
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  One of Liliʻuokalani’s residences, unidentified
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  Paoakalani, Queen Liliʻuokalani's Waikīkī residence at Hamohamo
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  Mokuhinia the manmade lake upon which the island residence of Mokuʻula stood
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  Queen Emma's Waikīkī residence probably the Marine Residence of Lunalilo
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  Queen Kapiʻolani's Waikīkī residence probably Pualeilani
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  Kamehameha V Cottage, now the Moanalua Gardens
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  The ruins of John Young's house in Kawaihae where he raised his large family
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  Hale Kauila in Honolulu

References

1. Kam 2022, pp. 58–74.
2. Kam 2022, pp. 33–34.
3. Kam 2022, pp. 114–116.
4. Kam 2022, pp. 164–167.
5. Kam 2022, pp. 119–120.
6. Kam 2022, pp. 35–37.
7. Kam 2022, pp. 148–150.
8. "Hale Piula". 2001-03-01. Archived from the original on 2001-03-01. Retrieved 2021-08-30.
9. Kam 2022, pp. 40–41.
10. Kam 2022, pp. 102–105.
11. Kam 2022, pp. 5.
12. Kam 2022, pp. 182–184.
13. Kam 2022, pp. 55–58.
14. Judd 1975, p. 67.
15. Kam 2022, pp. 105–106.
16. Kam 2022, pp. 99–102.
17. Kam 2022, pp. 179–182.
18. Kam 2022, p. 4.
19. Kam 2022, pp. 67–108.
20. Kam 2022, pp. 92–99.
21. Kam 2022, pp. 14–18.
22. Kam 2022, pp. 158–164.
23. Kam 2022, pp. 82–84.
24. Kam 2022, pp. 193–198.
25. Kam 2022, p. 99.
26. Kam 2022, pp. 74–77.
27. Kam 2022, pp. 29–30.
28. Kam 2022, pp. 38–40.
29. Kam 2022, pp. 204–214.
30. Kam 2022, pp. 87–91.
31. Kam 2022, pp. 168–171.
32. Kam 2022, pp. 77–87.
33. Kam 2022, pp. 150–158.
34. Kam 2022, pp. 198–200.
35. Fornander 1880, p. 243.
36. Kanahele 2002, p. 74.

Bibliography

• Fornander, Abraham (1880). Stokes, John F. G. (ed.). An Account of the Polynesian Race: Its Origins and Migrations, and the Ancient History of the Hawaiian People to the Times of Kamehameha I. Vol. 2. London: Trubner & Company. OCLC 4823096. Archived from the original on June 29, 2016. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
• Judd, Walter F. (1975). Palaces and Forts of the Hawaiian Kingdom: From Thatch to American Florentine. Palo Alto, CA: Pacific Books, Publishers. ISBN 978-0-87015-216-0. OCLC 2073825.
• Kam, Ralph Thomas (2022). Lost Palaces of Hawaiʻi Royal Residences of the Kingdom Period. S. I.: McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. ISBN 978-1-4766-8811-4. OCLC 1264273188.
• Kanahele, George S. (2002) [1986]. Pauahi: The Kamehameha Legacy. Honolulu: Kamehameha Schools Press. ISBN 978-0-87336-005-0. OCLC 173653971.

Further reading

• Taylor, Albert Pierce (1927). The Rulers of Hawaii, The Chiefs and Chiefesses, Their Palaces, Monuments, Portraits and Tombs. Honolulu: Advertiser Publishing Company. OCLC 9380797.
• Williams, Riánna M. (2015). Queen Liliʻuokalani, the Dominis Family, and Washington Place, their home. Honolulu: Ka Mea Kakau Press. ISBN 978-0-692-37922-6. OCLC 927784027.
• Winne, Jane Lathrop (1928). Kuakini and Hulihee: the Story of the Kailua Palace, Kona, Hawaii. Honolulu. OCLC 16333276.

External links

• Video: Homes of Hawaiian Royalty by Co Creative Studios