Hale Halawai O Holualoa is the former name of Living Stones Church located in the

Kona District Kona is a ''moku'' or district on the Big Island of Hawaii in the State of Hawaii, known for its Kona coffee and the location of the Ironman World Championship Triathlon. In the current system of administration of Hawaii County, the ''moku'' ...

on the Big Island of Hawaii.

History

The name means "Meeting house near the long slide" in the

Hawaiian Language Hawaiian (', ) is a Polynesian language of the Austronesian language family that takes its name from Hawaii, the largest island in the tropical North Pacific archipelago where it developed. Hawaiian, along with English, is an official language o ...

. There might have been a wooden church on the site from about 1825. A coral lime and stone building, of about 30 by 60 feet, was finished by 1855, under the supervision of Reverend John D. Paris. It was in continuous use until the 1940s. There is also a small grave site, some old stone walls, and a canoe landing. Several Kōnane boards have been discovered during excavation, indicating a long occupation of the site.

Today

The site was added to the state register of historic places on November 26, 1986, as site 10-37-7234, and the national register on June 5, 1987, as site 87000794. The Holualoa Bay Congregational Church reconstructed the building in the early 1990s under the direction of Norman Kenneth Smith. The land is leased from the state, and is near the North end of

Holualoa Bay Hōlualoa Bay is a historic area between Kailua-Kona and Keauhou Bay in the Kona District of the Big Island of Hawaii. The community now called Hōlualoa is uphill (''mauka'' in the Hawaiian Language) from this bay. The name means "long slid ...

. The church grounds are currently used by Living Stones Church with several events each week, often on the lawn right on the edge of the ocean.http://livingstones.us/ Current Congregation web site

References

Churches completed in 1852 19th-century churches in the United States Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Hawaii Religious buildings and structures in Hawaii County, Hawaii Congregational churches in Hawaii National Register of Historic Places in Hawaii County, Hawaii 1825 establishments in Hawaii {{Hawaii-geo-stub