The Honolulu Sailor's Home is a non-profit lodge for international merchant seamen. The home was incorporated in May 1855 with a lot obtained by a grant from the Kingdom of Hawaii. Originally located on Bethel Street adjacent to the

Port of Honolulu Honolulu Harbor, also called ''Kulolia'' and ''Ke Awa O Kou'' and the Port of Honolulu , is the principal seaport of Honolulu, Hawaii, Honolulu and the Hawaii, State of Hawaii in the United States. From the harbor, the Honolulu County, Hawaii, Cit ...

, it is now located one block away at 707 Alakea Street

History

The original grant included a clause "that no intoxicating liquors shall be drank on the premises", and "no women of lewd character admitted". Hawaiian

King Kamehameha IV Kamehameha IV (Alekanetero ʻIolani Kalanikualiholiho Maka o ʻIouli Kūnuiākea o Kūkāʻilimoku; anglicized as Alexander Liholiho) (February 9, 1834 – November 30, 1863), reigned as the fourth monarch of Hawaii under the title ''Ke Aliʻi ...

laid the cornerstone for the home with "appropriate ceremonies" on

Restoration Day Restoration Day, more commonly known as Oak Apple Day or Royal Oak Day, was an English, Welsh and Irish public holiday, observed annually on 29 May, to commemorate the restoration of the Stuart monarchy in May 1660. In some parts of England t ...

, July 31, 1855. In October of that year, the Reading Room was opened for public use. On September 11, 1856, the home was officially opened as lodging for merchant seaman. The chairman of the Executive Committee was Rev. Samuel C. Damon, who published a newspaper called the ''Friend'' in the building. Sailors who died on the island without family were buried in the

Oahu Cemetery The Oahu Cemetery is the resting place of many notable early residents of the Honolulu area. They range from missionaries and politicians to sports pioneers and philosophers. Over time it was expanded to become an area known as the Nuuanu Cemete ...

, in a plot purchased for that purpose.

References

External links

Official Website
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