Hānaiakamalama or Queen Emma Summer Palace, served as a retreat for

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Emma of Hawaii from 1857 to 1885, as well as for her husband King

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, and their son, Prince Albert Edward. It is a now a historic landmark, museum, and tourist site located at 2913 Pali Highway, less than a ten-minute drive outside of downtown

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. The museum is open daily from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., and is maintained with entrance fees, revenue from the gift shop, and other funds raised by the

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History

Hānaiakamalama is located in the Nuuanu Valley, long a popular location first for Hawaiian chiefs and royalty, and later for non-Hawaiian residents, who found the cooler climate of the uplands more comfortable than downtown Honolulu. The Hawaiian name means either ''the Southern Cross'' or is the name of a benevolent goddess.'' The frame of the home was built in

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, in 1848, and shipped to

via

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. It was then assembled on a property purchased by John Lewis from the Kingdom of Hawaii . It had six rooms, one story, and a porch with Doric columns in the

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style.

In 1850, two years after it was completed, the home was purchased at auction by

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(John Young II) for $6,000. Young owned the estate until 1857, when he gave it to his niece, Queen Emma. In 1869, Queen Emma added a large room called the Edinburgh Room to the rear of the structure, in preparation for the visit of the Duke of Edinburgh. . After Queen Emma's death in 1885, the Kingdom of Hawaii bought the estate. In 1911, Territorial Governor

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declared it a park to be maintained by the

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. At one point, plans were made to build a

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park over the site. However, the

were able to acquire the building and have since restored and maintained it as a museum. The site was placed on the

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in the 1970s.

Current status

Today, Queen Emma's Summer Palace sits on a plot owned by the Queen Emma Estate, and maintained by the

. The grounds are extensively landscaped, with many plants native to the Hawaiian Islands. The house itself is a museum displaying Queen Emma's possessions, along with those of her husband, King

, their son, Prince Albert Edward, and other members of the Hawaiian royal families. The rooms and their principal contents are as follows: * Entrance Hall - feather standards (

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); royal coat of arms. * Front Bedroom (originally the Dining Room) - Large bed of ''

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''; Prince Albert's cradle; Queen Emma's

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; Prince Albert Edward's bathtub * Parlor - Queen Emma's baby grand

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; 3 feather capes; koa dining table and chairs;

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given by Emperor Meiji to King

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* Cloak Room - Royal feather cloak * Back Bedroom - Queen Emma's koa bed; Prince Albert Edward's koa crib;

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with Prince Albert's velvet suit, etc. * Center Hall - Silver christening vessel given by

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; tiger claw necklace; stereopticon given by

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on Queen Emma's visit to France in 1865;

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cloth artifacts; feather standards (kāhili) * Edinburgh Room - Royal cabinet with china given by

; rosewood furniture; piano; chair and settee The house also contains a number of portraits of historical interest. Subjects include

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, John Young II, Julia Alapai,

Bernice Pauahi Bishop Bernice Pauahi Bishop KGCOK RoK (December 19, 1831 – October 16, 1884), born Bernice Pauahi Pākī, was an '' alii'' (noble) of the Royal Family of the Kingdom of Hawaii and a well known philanthropist. At her death, her estate was the la ...

, Kamehameha III,

, Kamehameha V,

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, Prince Albert Edward Kauikeaouli, etc.

Nearby sites of interest

Not far from Hānaiakamalama is the Pali Lookout, site of the

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Nuʻuanu Pali Nuuanu Pali is a section of the windward cliff (''pali'' in Hawaiian) of the Koolau mountain located at the head of Nuuanu Valley on the island of Oahu. It has a panoramic view of the windward (northeast) coast of Oahu. The Pali Highway ( Hawai ...

, where

Kamehameha I Kamehameha I (; Kalani Paiea Wohi o Kaleikini Kealiikui Kamehameha o Iolani i Kaiwikapu kaui Ka Liholiho Kūnuiākea; – May 8 or 14, 1819), also known as Kamehameha the Great, was the conqueror and first ruler of the Kingdom of Hawaii. Th ...

defeated the forces of the

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, consolidating his claim as monarch of the Hawaiian Islands.

References

* ''Queen Emma Summer Palace'' (brochure),

External links

Daughters of Hawaii - Queen Emma Summer Palace
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hanaiakamalama Royal residences in Hawaii Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Hawaii Historic house museums in Hawaii Museums in Honolulu Houses in Honolulu County, Hawaii Historic American Buildings Survey in Hawaii National Register of Historic Places in Honolulu