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Designated in 1962, the district recognizes Lahaina for its well-preserved character as a 19th-century port, and for its social and economic importance in the 19th century as a major whaling center in the Pacific, and as one of the capital cities of the Kingdom of Hawaii. [4] Lahaina was a popular residential center for the kings of Maui prior ...
This is a complete List of National Historic Landmarks in Hawaiʻi.The United States National Historic Landmark program is operated under the auspices of the National Park Service, and recognizes structures, districts, objects, and similar resources according to a list of criteria of national significance. [1]
Moku‘ula Restoration Projects, Lahaina The non-profit organization Friends of Mokuʻula promoted the restoration of the sacred site from 1990 to 2011. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] From 1992 to 1995 and in 1999, archaeologists from Bishop Museum and Heritage Surveys surveyed the site and documented its features and boundaries. [ 10 ]
In 1968, the temple had a 12-foot high statue (3.7 m) of the Amida Buddha installed for the centenary of the first Japanese people coming in Hawaii. [3] On July 1, 2023, the temple celebrated their first public Obon Festival since the COVID-19 pandemic in Hawaii. [4]
Kilauea Point Lighthouse Huliheʻe Palace. The following are approximate tallies of current listings by island and county. These counts are based on entries in the National Register Information Database as of April 24, 2008 [2] and new weekly listings posted since then on the National Register of Historic Places web site, all of which list properties simply by county; [3] they are here divided ...
A large banyan tree in the heart of Old Lahaina that was badly scorched by the fires that ransacked Maui appears to have emerged from the flames still standing.
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Today, they account for the second-largest ethnic group on Maui, with nearly 48,000 island residents tracing their roots to the Philippines, 5,000 of them in Lahaina, which was about 40% of the ...