Hulihe‘e Palace / Moku‘aikaua Church

Construction of Hulihe‘e Palace was completed in 1838. Hulihe‘e was the residence of Governor John Adams Kuakini and a favorite retreat for Hawai‘i’s royal families. Kuakini oversaw the construction of both Moku‘aikaua Church and Hulihe‘e Palace, which once shared a similar architectural style. In 1884, King Kalakaua updated Hulihe‘e with a stucco exterior and widened lanai, and today the palace is operated as a museum by the Daughters of Hawai‘i. Boston missionaries brought Christianity to Hawai‘i when they arrived in Kailua in 1820. Moku‘aikaua, Hawai‘i’s oldest Christian church, was preceded by two thatched hale and was transformed from 1835 to 1837 with exterior walls of lava rock masonry and crushed coral mortar, a foundation of hewn stones, and interior features of ‘ohi‘a timbers and koa wood paneling.

Holualoa, Hawaii · United States