King Kamehameha III's Royal Residential Complex
National Register of Historic Places

King Kamehameha III's Royal Residential Complex

Lahaina, Maui County, Hawaii
Listed
May 8, 1997
Type
Site
Period
Early Republic
Ref No.
97000408

About this property

Mokuʻula was a tiny island in Maluʻulu o Lele Park, Lahaina, Hawaiʻi, United States. It was the private residence of King Kamehameha III from 1837 to 1845 and the burial site of several Hawaiian royals. The 1-acre (4,000 m2) island is considered sacred to many Hawaiians as a piko, or symbolic center of energy and power. It was added to the Hawaiʻi State Register of Historic Places on August 29, 1994, and to the National Register of Historic Places on May 9, 1997, as King Kamehameha III's Royal Residential Complex. According to author P. Christiaan Klieger, "the moated palace of Mokuʻula...was a place of the "Sacred Red Mists," an oasis of rest and calm during the raucous, rollicking days of Pacific whaling". When the capital of Hawaiʻi moved from Lahaina to Honolulu and plantations diverted Mokuhinia's water source to irrigate their crops, Mokuʻula fell into disrepair.

Location

Lahaina, Maui County, Hawaii
20.86719, -156.67192

Categories

HISTORIC - ABORIGINALPACIFIC-ISLANDERPOLITICS/GOVERNMENTRELIGIONAGRICULTURE
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Sources

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When was King Kamehameha III's Royal Residential Complex listed on the National Register?

King Kamehameha III's Royal Residential Complex was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 8, 1997.

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King Kamehameha III's Royal Residential Complex is classified as a site in the National Register of Historic Places.

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