About the Lahaina Historic District

An introduction with facts and general information about the Lahaina Historic District in the town of Lahaina on the west side of the island of Maui in Hawaii.

The Lahaina Historic District is a United States National Historic Landmark established in 1962 that is managed by the U.S. National Parks Service. It the capital of the Hawaiian Kingdom 1820 to 1845 and it has many historic sites related to that era, the whaling industry, the missionery period, and more recent history.

Historic Sites

ENTITY: Baldwin House
ALSO KNOWN AS: Baldwin Home Museum
ADDRESS: 120 Dickenson Street (at corner of Front Street)
LOCATION: Lahaina Town, West Maui Island, Hawaii
Lahaina Historic Foundation 2009 archive |
- Lahaina Historic Foundation 2014 archive
- Lahaina Historic Foundation 2019 archive

ENTITY: Brick Palace
- Built by King Kamehameha I
- One of the first Western design buildings in Hawaii

ENTITY: Hale Aloha
ADDRESS: ?
LOCATION: Lahaina Town, West Maui Island, Hawaii
- Lahaina Historic Foundation 2009 archive |
- Lahaina Historic Foundation 2014 archive |
- Lahaina Historic Foundation 2019 archive

ENTITY: Hale Paahao
ALSO KNOWN AS: Lahaina Prison
ADDRESS: 187 Prison Street
LOCATION: Lahaina Town, West Maui Island, Hawaii
Lahaina Historic Foundation 2009 archive |
- Lahaina Historic Foundation 2014 archive |
- Lahaina Historic Foundation 2019 archive |

ENTITY: Hale Pai
ADDRESS: Lahaina Printing Museum
LOCATION: Lahaina Town, West Maui Island, Hawaii
- Lahaina Historic Foundation 2008 archive |
- Lahaina Historic Foundation 2014 archive |
- Lahaina Historic Foundation 2019 archive |

ENTITY: Lahaina Banyan Tree
- Lahaina Historic Foundation 2014 archive |

ENTITY: Lahaina Fort
In 1832, the Royal Governor of Maui built Lahaina Fort on the waterfront. The fort covered one acre and had 20-foot-high walls. Reconstructed remains can still be seen in Banyan Court Park.

ENTITY: Lahaina Heritage Museum
WITHIN: Old Lahaina Courthouse
ADDRESS: 648 Wharf Street at Banyan Tree Park
LOCATION: Lahaina Town, West Maui Island, Hawaii
- Lahaina Historic Foundation 2014 archive
- Lahaina Historic Foundation 2019 archive

ENTITY: Lahaina Historic Trail
ALSO KNOWN AS: Ala Hele Moolelo O Lahaina
- Lahaina Historic Foundation 2014 archive (65 sites)

ENTITY: Lahaina Lighthouse
- Lahaina Historic Foundation 2009 archive |
- Lahaina Historic Foundation 2014 archive
- Lahaina Historic Foundation 2019 archive

ENTITY: Lahaina Plantation Museum
ADDRESS: ?
LOCATION: Lahaina Town, West Maui Island, Hawaii
- Lahaina Historic Foundation 2014 archive

ENTITY: Masters Reading Room
ALSO KNOWN AS: Officers' Club of Lahaina
ADDRESS: ?
LOCATION: Lahaina Town, West Maui Island, Hawaii
- Lahaina Historic Foundation 2009 archive
- Lahaina Historic Foundation 2014 archive
- Lahaina Historic Foundation 2019 archive

ENTITY: Old Lahaina Courthouse
- Lahaina Historic Foundation 2009 archive |
- Lahaina Historic Foundation 2014 archive
NOTE: Lahaina Heritage Museum is within the courthouse

ENTITY: Pioneer Hotel
ALSO KNOWN AS: Pioneer Inn
- ?

ENTITY: Pioneer Mill
ALSO KNOWN AS: Pioneer Inn
- Lahaina Historic Foundation 2014 archive

ENTITY: Seaman's Hospital
- Lahaina Historic Foundation 2009 archive |
- Lahaina Historic Foundation 2014 archive
- Lahaina Historic Foundation 2019 archive

ENTITY: Waiola Church (destroyed by 2023 fire)
ORIGINAL NAME: Wainee Church
PROPRTY AREA: 2.54 acres
WEB SITE URL: waiolachurch.org | Link
WITHIN: Lahaina Historic District National Historic Landmark
ADDRESS: 535 Wainee Street
LOCATION: Lahaina Town, West Maui Island, Hawaii
NOTE: Two-story stone church built in 1832 on 1.03 ha, demolished in 1894, rebuilt in 1954 and destroyed by a fire in August of 2023. DEMO and destroyed by a wildfire in August of 2023.
REFERENCES:
- wikipedia.org --> waiola church --> article
- commons.wikimedia.org --> waiola church --> images category

ENTITY: Waiola Cemetery
ALSO KNOWN AS: Wainee Graveyard
WEB SITE URL: waiolachurch.org --> wainee graveyard | Link |
ADJACENT TO: Waiola Church
ADDRESS: 535 Wainee Street
LOCATION: Lahaina Town, West Maui Island, Hawaii
NOTE: Adjacent to the Wainee Church. Burial-ground for later Hawaiian kings and queens and missionary advisors to the Hawaiian monarchy.

ENTITY: Wo Hing Society Hall
ALSO KNOWN AS: Wo Hing Museum and Cookhouse
- Lahaina Historic Foundation 2008 archive |
- Lahaina Historic Foundation 2014 archive
- Lahaina Historic Foundation 2019 archive
NOTE: two story temple built by the Wo Hing Society in 1910.

Eras

Whaling Ships
By 1824, Lahaina was being visited by 100 ships a year and at its peak in the 1850s, more than 400 whaling ships a year were making port in Lahaina.

Missionaries
In 1823, Reverend Charles Stewart and Reverend William Richards settled in Lahaina and established the First Christian Mission at the invitation of Queen Kaahumanu.

Plantation
In 1861, a sugar mill, later known as the Pioneer Mill Company, was established in Lahaina and sugar production eventually became the primary industry in West Maui. With the growth of large sugar plantations, Lahaina transitioned into a quiet plantation town.

References

ENTITY: Lahaina Historic District National Histeoric Landmark
WEB SITE URL: nps.gov --> places --> lahaina historic district | Link |

ENTITY: Lahaina Restoration Foundation
WEB SITE URL: lahainarestoration.org | Link | ARCHIVES: | 2000 | 2008 | 2010 | 2019 | 2020 | 2023(July) |