Form 10-300 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR STATE: (July 1969) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Hawaii COUNTY: NATIONAL REG ISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Hawaii INVENTOR Y - NOMINATION FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY ENT RYNUMBER DATE (Type all entries — complete applicable sections) l»-Wx'„_ MAY: ;,' 2 i|.•••^£%?- - f- COMMON. /^ N^""* Hulihee Palace /^y /•^^'?% AN D/OR HISTORI C: \!^\ kf J/4 f ! _1J HLLil A*{(f |t:::!^;; i:..: • ••!:!; :;:-:v V •; ;;l:;:;v! .£ ;- • r. ^ ? ' • £ :l;:i:';' li^-li^ :^:Hli::^ * • ;':'F!1:I:l& !:&^ ^ * •' :v O / • ;• ?' x^ :;::;? ftf S; STREET AND NUMBER: Vff^ RPf Alii Drive V/k" CITY OR TOWN: \ 'pS>">.,._ -^^Tv- • Kailua-Kona "^^41 STATE CODE COUNTY: CODE Hawaii 15 Hawaii 01 ||ri:.;;;:|t;A^SlfKt:tClW v :::'---';.£ —;:'• CATEGORY TATUS ACCESSIBLE OWNERSHIP S (Check One) TO THE PUBLIC G District XlCBuilding X^C Public Public Acquisition: >'(X) 0°c upied Yes: • j CTvRestricted G Site G Structure G Private G '.n Process | —| y no ccupied Jftj^i. | | Unrestricted G Object G Both | | Being Considered r— i p res ervation work ir progress ' — ' PRESENT USE (Check One or More as Appropriate) 1 1 Agricultural | | Government | | Park [ | Transp ortation G! Comments G Commercial G Industrial G Private Residence G Other ( Specify) G Educational Q Military [~~| Reliaious 1 | Entertainment SxM u seum | | Scientific ,..-.,......,.- |||^ii;yil!iF:;R'R;d'P E RT Y' ; : ' • •' • -. ?,=:•' : \<\ ; ;;.^;f :';:^ \ -M^-^X OWNER'S NAME: State of Hawaii ATST (Leased to The Daughters nf H awaii ) ffi STREET AND NUMBER: PJ S 2913 Pali Highway PJ H- CI TY OR TOWN: STATE: CODE H- Honolulu Hawaii 15 II!lii||j£^ i ON : • ; ' .; .;" '• •-; • ; .."" , ": ' :" ; : V >:• ;:;:;;:;;. •; J? • COURTHOUSE, REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC: COUN Bureau of Conveyances ruffi STREET AND NUMBER: TaX O±±lCe Ann6X H ?; •< 0) P.O.Box 2867 H- H- CI TY OR TOWN: STATE CODE Honolulu Hawaii 15 j|||;i^^MSiSii^i^MsW^^fi V'^y sf,t^,\ ,:; • %-^. • . '•;: , •: ... , •. ^.••'''^M^:- ;^-^^^:^^^. TITLE OF SURVEY: ENTR ^ ^_ Historic American Buildings Siarvey 3 *T-IP Tl O DATE OF SURVEY: 1967 §f Federal L J State | | County | | Loca Z DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS: C 2 Library of Congress *f tn <-C/l CO STREET AND NUMBER: a m O r~2 STATE, -< Washington D.C. o > H m (Check One) Excellent D Good Fair Deteriorated CJ Ruins Unexposed CONDITION (Check One) (Check One) KJXAItered D Unaltered Moved Site DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (if known) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE Hulihee Palace is a simple rectangular building containing a basement, two stories, and an unfloored attic. It is constructed of rubble lava rock and is approximately 62'x32' with a 13' lanai extending from the rear. It is of mixed architectural style, but is most influenced by New England architecture adapted to Hawaii's warm climate. The lava rock walls and foundation are no longer visable due to the extensive rennovations undertaken by King Kalakaua when he turned Hulihee into his summer residence. The exterior walls are now finished with dashed cement and Victorian decoration has been added to doorways, windows and eaves. Three bays are expressed on the east front by the decorative axial doorway and the two windows on each on side, representing the three rooms across the front. In rn addition to the rear lanai, there are small entrance porches on the east and south and a stoop on the north. ^ m The floor plan of the house is very simple. There are z three rooms on each floor, the center one on each floor serving as an entranceway and hall. The staircase is located on in the central room and is made of native koa wood. Doorways doors, paneling and decorative trim are likewise of native koa wood. n The building and grounds occupy a magnificent site in Kailua-Kona between Alii Drive and Kailua Bay. There are several insignificant out-buildings on the grounds and many native Hawaiian trees and shrubs. PERIOD (Check One or More as Appropriate) [] Pre-Columbian j [U 16th Century 18th Century 20th Century G 15th Century D 17th Century 19th Century SPECIFIC DATE(S) (If Applicable and Known) 1 filfi AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE (Check One or More as Appropriate) Abor iginal | | Education Q Urban Planning [ | Prehistoric | | Engineering KJXOther (Specify) O Historic [ | Industry Vesticres of | | Agriculture | | Invention Royalty «O. Architecture [~~1 Landscape Xr?L D Art Architecture | | Commerce | | Literature | | Communications | | Military | | Conservation n Music [_]." T ra FVS par tot fo n> iTATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE \Hulihee Palace was built in'1838 by 'John Adams Kuakini using native labor and local materials, lava rock, coral mortar, ohia for structure and rich native koa wood for interiors. Kuakini, one of the early' governors of the island of Hawaii, was the brother-in-law of King Kamehameha I. He seems to have encouraged the work of the early missionaries in the educational as well as the religious field, having at one time conducted a school in his own yard. He was also instru­ mental in the building of Mokuaikaua Church^j.n 1836, still standing across Alii Drive from the Palace. \Upon his death in 1844, the property passed to his adopted son, the husband of Princess^ Ruth Keelikolani, and event­ ually to the Princess. She was the great granddaughter of Kamehameha I and later became governor of the island for fourteen^years. The heir to her extensive land holdings, Princess* Bernice Pauahi (Mrs. Charles) Bishop, established the Bishop Estate and Kamehameha School, both well-known names in modern Hawaii. After the death,of Princess Ruth, the property was acquired inM.884 by King*"Kalakaua who made Hulihee his summer resi­ dence, the scene of a festive social life. Modernization by Kalakaua included stuccoing the exterior, plastering the interior, relocating the one-story kitchen wing which was attached on the north and widening the gallery (lanai). A photograph of the exterior of the Palace taken prior to 1884 is on view in the present entrance hall and also in the State Archives files. It shows the raw lava rock exterior walls, the kitchen wing and an entirely different lanai on the west (makai) facing the sea. Through various successions and purchase, the property was acquired by the Territory of Hawaii in^l925 and placed under the care of the Daughters of Hawaii for a Hawaiian Museum by Executive Order 299, dated 27 October 1927 Time and a period of neglect and dis-use in the early twentieth century left the Palace in a general state of dis­ repair, corrected through the efforts of the Daughters of />v &o &t /v/-, None P AT A • LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATES j LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATES DEFINING A RECTANGLE LOCATING THE PROPERTY ^ 1 DEFINING THE CENTER POINT OF A PROPERTY , OF LESS THAN TEN ACRES _____ 1 ——————————————, —————————————— R CORNER LATITUDE LONGITUDE LATITUDE LONGITUDE Degrees Minutes Seconds Degrees Minutes Seconds Degrees Minutes Seconds Degrees Minutes Seconds 19° 38' 32^ 155° 59' 51 " NE ° ° S E i 11 i» SW 0 , . 0 APPROXIMATE ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY: \ ( £) tx» |L1ST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOU hJJJAFjl ES m STATE: CODE COUNTY /''fcXV \ \ 1 1 /^~^., CODE /^:>" ^ ^' x> \ m STATE: CODE COUNTY: r^f/'*"'"•'/' ,. t^Ff*Pl'— "«-t» """fl ^'''"^^ ^ CODE •ZL STATE: CODE COUNTY: 1"^! ' \... CODE t/» I——\ /Xf.ATl^^;,, ^ STATE: CODE COUNTY: \#ft\ t?pV"* ' ~~*- """ ' ™~ /"" / CODE H Vx- •~""wi t -^ ^<Sy ;o pllliiyM:^ ''•:-'••'.',- ••••""'--.'-•• "..-.-• *••*•• :-:'"^^^f^^ <z NAME AND TITLE: <-J t * J^-'" Dorothy Riconda, Historian and Robert M. Fox, Architect- o ORG AN,ZA T ,ON state of Hawaii, Division of State Parks DATE Hawaii Register of Historic Plants Sept. 28 r 1972 STREET AND NUMBER: P.O.Box 621 CITY OR TOWN: STATE CODE on Honolulu Hawaii Q6RQ3 1 "=; [ililPll^illCiiiPM ;;&££ j-fcl&'-tflfrt IF I d:Ai :i0hl;::'V::v; • ' . ) - . • • •: :- .;.: f ./ .' N:At Jd'^^L RfGtSf f' R:; V |-R1Pl^f: \m^U^Jl^. As the designated State Liaison Officer for the Na­ I hereby certify that this property is included in the tional Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law National Register. 89-665), I hereby nominate this property for inclusion ( , in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated according to the criteria and procedures set forth by the National Park Service. The recommended Chief, Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation level of significance of this nomination is: Nationalx^F State .[g] Local Q ~~~"— ~~->c) ^~~~Jr^&^ c; -^^^j^^^y^xdx-tx-^t-^ /C-*c^-<> /"Q^ SUNAO KIDO ATTEST: / ^ Title Chairman, Board of Land & Natural Resources Keeper of The National Registe^ "** Bate January 12, 1973 Date ^ 2^- ^ *"^ } GP 0 901-087 Form 10-300a UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (July 1969) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Hawaii NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Hawaii INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY ENTRY NUMBER (Continuation Sheet) MAY (Number all entries) 8. Hawaii. The extent of damage is described in the October 18, ^1927 report by^Rothwell, Kangeter and Lester, Architects, who were engaged to rehabilitate the Palace. The next major restoration seems to have occurred in 1953. This was carried out by the Department of Public Works, Territory of Hawaii. Drawings for this work are on file today in the Public Works Office (Job #5653). This work included new structural framing, including the roof trusses, and the replacement of deteriorated woodwork and trim. As one of few remaining buildings in Hawaii connected with the royal families, Hulihee deserves recognition. Its age and location add greatly to its significance. Together with Mokuaikaua Church, Hulihee forms the nucleus of the historical town of Kailua-Kona and they mark the startling changes in the Hawaiian way of life in the less than 20 years between 1820 and 1840. Hulihee is also of great importance as an early example of Hawaiian monarchy architecture reflecting European and American influences.