Liliʻuokalani Protestant Church is a historic

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church in Haleiwa, Hawaii on the North Shore of Oahu.Lili'uokalani Protestant Church
/ref> The church celebrated its 175th anniversary in 2007.

History

The church was founded by John Smith Emerson and his bride Ursula Sophia Newell Emerson, missionaries, in 1832 in a grass house on the corner of Kamehameha Highway and Haleiwa Road. The second building used was constructed in 1840 of

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where the church's cemetery is now located. The third and current building was constructed in 1890 of wood and rebuilt with cement in 1961. It is a member of the

. It includes a clock donated by Queen

Liliʻuokalani Queen Liliʻuokalani (; Lydia Liliʻu Loloku Walania Kamakaʻeha; September 2, 1838 – November 11, 1917) was the only queen regnant and the last sovereign monarch of the Hawaiian Kingdom, ruling from January 29, 1891, until the overthrow of th ...

on January 1, 1892. The clock makes one revolution every 16 years and instead of numerals it has the letters L-I-L-I-U-O-K-A-L-A-N-I.

References

Churches in Hawaii Religious buildings and structures in Honolulu County, Hawaii 1832 establishments in Hawaii Churches completed in 1890 Monuments and memorials to Liliʻuokalani {{Hawaii-church-stub