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Kalakaua Park
Kalākaua Park is the central "town square" of the city of Hilo, Hawaii. It is surrounded by historic buildings and includes a war memorial. History The area was originally the site of the first Christian Mission in the area known as Waiakea Mission Station-Hilo Station in 1825; the missionaries had originally established their site on the seasonal flood plain of the Wailuku River, but they moved at the urging of Queen Kaahumanu. The land was ceded to the territorial government by King Kamehameha in 1848. Later, a grass house was built and served as the home of Sheriff J. H. Coney until he built a new house across King (now Kalakaua) Street in 1858, a site presently occupied by the East Hawaii Cultural Center (EHCC, a building completed in 1932 and previously used as the old police station and county courthouse). Coney's grass house was replaced by a prefabricated wooden courthouse built by a company in Bangor, Maine, which was erected in 1868; Queen Emma and King David Kalakaua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Federal Building, United States Post Office And Courthouse (Hilo, Hawaii)
The Federal Building, U.S. Post Office and Courthouse in Hilo, Hawaii is a former courthouse of the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii. Completed in 1917 and expanded in the 1930s, the building was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. Building history Prior to the annexation of the islands by the United States in 1898, Hilo was a thriving educational and commercial center on Hawaii, the largest of the Hawaiian Islands. Flourishing agricultural enterprises were served by railroads and harbors that facilitated trade with both the continental United States and East Asia. Postal services in Hilo commenced in 1858. When the Hawaiian Islands became a territory of the United States in 1900, officials wanted to expand postal and court facilities for the second-largest city in the territory. By 1913, the Hilo Board of Trade and the territory's governmental representative secured US$200,000 for a federal building. New York architect Henry Whitfi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
