Keōua Hale
Keōua Hale was the mansion of Princess Keʻelikōlani, Ruth Keʻelikōlani at 1302 Queen Emma Street in downtown Honolulu, Hawaii. History The mansion was built upon the site of Ruth and her adoptive son Leleiohoku II, Leleiohoku's residence in Honolulu, ''Kaakopua''. It burned down in 1873 and plans were made to build a grander home on the location. In the meantime Keelikōlani and Leleiohoku resided in another house on King Street until the house was completed, although most of her time was spent on the Hawaii (island), Big Island of Hawaii at the Hulihee Palace. Leleiohoku never saw the building completed, dying in 1877. The main architect behind new structure was Charles J. Hardy, an American from Chicago, employed at the Enterprise Planing Mill in Honolulu. The gaslit interior of the mansion was celebrated for its ornate plaster work and frescoes. It followed the Second Empire architecture, or so-called French style of architecture, and was considered a classical Victoria ...
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