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The gardens were created in the 1930s by Alexandra Moir while her husband was manager of Hawaii's first sugarcane plantation, Koloa Plantation, near the site. [2] By 1948 the private gardens were reportedly identified as "one of the ten best cactus and succulent gardens in the world." They opened to the public in 1954.
In 1967, the Outrigger Waikiki On The Beach hotel opened, the first to carry the Outrigger name. During the 1970s, Outrigger grew into a chain of Hawaiian hotels. In 1982, the company purchased the Prince Kuhio Hotel, its first luxury property. By 1986, Outrigger became the largest hotel chain in Hawaii when its room count reached over 7,000.
In Kahana Bay, 13 miles north of Kaneohe on Hawaii Route 83 adjacent to Ahupuaʻa O Kahana State Park 21°33′28″N 157°52′06″W / 21.557659°N 157.868441°W / 21.557659; -157.868441 ( Huilua
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 ...
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The success of the plantation owners meant Hawaii would become essentially an oligarchy, with a wealthy class ruling the rest of the island chain's population, Dolim says. February 12, 1874: King ...
The Keauhou area includes the Outrigger & Spa at Keauhou Bay, built in 1975, the 22.9-acre (93,000 m 2) Keauhou Shopping Center, two golf courses, timeshare, residential and resort condominiums and single-family residences. [6] The largest convention center in Kona is located at the Outrigger, just South of the bay. [7]
The style became known as Hawaiian plantation architecture featuring low profile wood frames, vertical plank siding and large porticos. Roofs were the most distinguishable parts of Hawaiian plantation structures as they were wide-hipped or bellcast and had eaves that were deep bracketed.