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The Star of the Sea Painted Church in Kalapana, Hawai'i was built in 1927-1928 under the direction of the Belgian Catholic missionary priest Father Evarist Gielen, who painted the upper section of the church interior.
In 1990, the church was moved to its present location just ahead of an advancing lava flow. It is located on Highway 130 between mile marker 19 and 20.Bohman, Mary Beth, Amy B. Wang and Joyce Eisenberg, ''Fodor's Big Island of Hawaii'', New York, Fodor's Travel Publications, 2007 It is on the
The Star of the Sea Painted Church in Kalapana, Hawai'i was built in 1927-1928 under the direction of the Belgian Catholic missionary priest Father Evarist Gielen, who painted the upper section of the church interior.
In 1990, the church was moved to its present location just ahead of an advancing lava flow. It is located on Highway 130 between mile marker 19 and 20.Bohman, Mary Beth, Amy B. Wang and Joyce Eisenberg, ''Fodor's Big Island of Hawaii'', New York, Fodor's Travel Publications, 2007 It is on the National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
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Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Hawaii Roman Catholic churches in Hawaii Religious buildings and structures in Hawaii County, Hawaii Roman Catholic churches completed in 1928 National Register of Historic Places in Hawaii County, Hawaii 20th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in the United States {{Hawaii-geo-stub