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Hulihee Palace

Built in 1838. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.

From the record

“The Palace is located in historic Kailua-Kona, on Ali'i Drive. The former vacation home of Hawaiian royalty, it was converted to a museum run by the Daughters of showcasing furniture and artifacts.”

Wikipedia article Palace, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 107 National Register listings published here for Hawaii County · listed in 1973 · category: Building · built in 1838, by Kuakini.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. Alii Dr., Kailua-Kona, 96740
  • When was it listed? May 1973
  • Category. building
  • Census division. North Kona
  • When was it built? 1838
  • Architect. Kuakini
  • National Register reference number. 73000653 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

125 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 125 fires within 5 miles of Hulihee Palace between 1992 and 2020, burning about 72 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined121
Equipment and vehicle use1
Recreation and ceremony1
Arson/incendiarism1
Debris and open burning1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
6 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Hawai'inot named
5 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Hawai'inot named
28 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCounty of Hawai'inot named
10 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Hawai'inot named
4 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Hawai'inot named
3 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Hawai'inot named
22 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Hawai'inot named
19 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Hawai'inot named

Every fire recorded in Hawaii County

Mines and quarries near this property

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Hulihee Palace: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Honokahau PitStonePast Producer
Honokahau Quarry and MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Hawaii County

Map coverage status

No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Mokuaikaua Church0.1 miles1978
Kamakahonu, Residence Of King Kamehameha I0.2 miles1966
Pu'uhonua O Honaunau National Historical Park0.8 miles1966
Hale Halawai O Holualoa2.5 miles1987
Holualoa 4 Archeological District (State Site No. 50-10-37-23.661)3.1 miles2005
Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park3.8 miles1978

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 73000653 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Hawaii CountyAll 107 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.