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This is a list of residences once occupied by Hawaiian royalty during the Kingdom of Hawaii. Few can be referred to as palaces; most were private residences used by the aliʻi nui.

Royal residences

Residence Location Occupant Current Status
ʻĀinahau Honolulu Kaʻiulani Estate willed to the City of Honolulu for a park; the house burned down in early 1900s; the Sheraton Princess Kaiulani Hotel was built on the ground
Brick Palace Lāhainā Kaʻahumanu Built by Mr. Mela [Miller] and Mr. Keka ‘ele’ele for Kaahumanu. Used by Kamehameha when he moved his court to this location. Converted into storage shed and later torn down; only the foundation and a memorial plaque remain
Haimoeipo Honolulu Queen Kalama, Victoria Kamāmalu Lunalilo? now site of the State Capitol
Haleʻākala (ʻAikupika) Honolulu Bernice Pauahi Bishop & Liliʻuokalani converted to the Arlington Hotel which was later torn down; ??
Halekamani Lāhainā Nāhienaena sold to Gorham D. Gilman; ?
Hale Piula (or Huki) Lāhainā Kamehameha III converted into courthouse after capital transferred to Honolulu, stones reused to construct new courthouse in 1858; part of Moku'ula site
Hāliʻimaile Honolulu, corner of King and Richards streets Boki and Kuini Liliha, later Victoria Kamāmalu and Lot Kapuāiwa  ?
Hānaiakamalama (Queen Emma Summer Palace) Nuʻuanu (2913 Pali Highway) Queen Emma converted into museum by the Daughters of Hawaii
Healani (Kalākaua's Boathouse) Honolulu Harbor Kalākaua  ?
Helumoa (Royal Groves) Waikīkī Kamehameha V part of Bishop Estates; the royal cottage no longer exist; the Royal Hawaiian Shopping Center is on the spot but the royal coconut groves still remain
Honuakaha Honolulu Queen Kapiolani private residence of Queen Kapiolani near the corner of Queen and Punchbowl streets; ?
Hoʻihoʻikea Honolulu Kamehameha III, Kamehameha IV, Kamehameha V Smaller royal residence flanking the west side of ʻIolani Palace on the west side. Named Hoʻihoʻikea (Restoration) in honor of Kamehameha III's restoration after the Paulet Affair of 1843.
Huliheʻe Palace Kailua-Kona Keʻelikōlani converted into museum by the Daughters of Hawaii in 1927
Ihikapukalani and Kauluhinano Honolulu Kamehameha IV, Queen Emma, Albert Kamehameha Smaller royal residence flanking the east side of ʻIolani Palace; the makai side was known as Kauluhinano, and the mauka side was known as Ihikapukalani; site of the Hawaii State Archive building
ʻIolani Palace Honolulu Kamehameha III, Kamehameha IV, Kamehameha V, Lunalilo, Kalākaua, Liliʻuokalani original palace torn down to make way for 2nd palace due to termite damage; after the overthrow the 2nd palace became the executive building of the Provisionial Government, the Republic, and the Territory of Hawaii; later converted and remodeled into a museum
Luakaha Honolulu Kamehameha III Summer home in Nu`uanu at Luakaha Falls, adjacent to Kaniakapupu heiau of Lono. In ruins.
Kamakahonu Kailua-Kona Kamehameha I now part of the King Kamehameha's Kona Beach Hotel with the ʻAhuʻena Heiau restored
Keʻalohilani Hamohamo, Waikīkī Liliʻuokalani Inherited from Liliʻuokalani's grandfather ʻAikanaka along with Paoakalani, reserved for her retainers
Keōua Hale Honolulu (1302 Queen Emma Street) Keʻelikōlani originally called Kaʻakopua before it burned down in 1873, the 1883 building was converted into a grammar school; razed in 1926 due to termite damage; open as the Central Middle School in 1928
Kīnaʻu Hale Honolulu Kīnaʻu, later Keoni Ana converted into the chamberlain quarters in later years; used for the inauguration ceremony of King Kalākaua in 1874
Marine Residence Waikīkī Lunalilo, later Queen Emma part of Queen Emma's trust; now site of the International Market Place
Marine Residence Kailua-Kona Kamehameha IV he declared his neutrality during the American Civil War from here; ?
Mauna Kilohana Lāwaʻi Queen Emma  ?
Mokuʻula Lāhainā Kamehameha III abandoned in the mid-1800s; converted into a baseball field; now an archaeological site managed by the Friends of Mokuʻula; plans to restore the island and lake of Mokuhinia
Muolaulani Kapālama Liliʻuokalani now the site of the Liliuokalani Children's Center
Paoakalani Hamohamo, Waikīkī Liliʻuokalani Inherited from Liliʻuokalani's grandfather ʻAikanaka along with Kealohilani
Papakanene and Mokuaikaua Honolulu Victoria Kamāmalu, Kekūanāoʻa originally the residence of Kalanimoku, on the south side of the Honolulu Fort
Pualeilani Waikīkī Kalākaua, Queen Kapiʻolani, Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole willed to the City of Honolulu by Prince Kūhiō; became the Kuhio Beach
Rooke House Honolulu Queen Emma during the 1900s it was a kindergarten named Queen Emma Hall in honor of the last owner of the house. Later the site of Rooke House was occupied by the Liberty Theater (which closed in 1980) and is now a parking lot.
Ululani Honolulu Victoria Kinoiki Kekaulike willed to be site of maternity home; now site of Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children
Waipiʻo Palace Waipiʻo Valley ancient Kings of Hawaii Island destroyed by the King Kahekili II of Maui in the 1700s
Wānanakoa Nuʻuanu Bernice Pauahi Bishop now the site of the Royal Mausoleum
Washington Place Honolulu Liliʻuokalani used as the Governor's mansion; now a museum

Gallery

  • Royal Bungalow outside Iolani Palace (PP-96-13-016)

    King Kalākaua's residence outside Iolani Palace before 1882

  • Hale Aliʻi in 1857

    Hale Aliʻi, the first royal palace on the spot of the current ʻIolani Palace, in 1857.

  • Ainahau - Kaiulani's House2

    ʻĀinahau, home of Kaʻiulani, in the 1890s, showing the newly built Western house

  • Cleghorn family bungalow at Ainahau, circa 1878 (PP-96-10-010)

    ʻĀinahau, home of Kaiʻulani, in the 1870s, showing the original family bungalow

  • 'The Southeastern Part of the Town of Hanarua at Oahu, Sandwich Islands', May 1826

    Grasshut palace of King Kamehameha III in Honolulu, 1826

  • Queen Emma Summer Palace (Hanaiakamalama), Honolulu, Hawaii

    Hānaiakamālama, Queen Emma's Summer Palace in the Nuanuʻu Valley

  • Washington Place Honolulu HI

    Washington Place, Liliʻuokalani's private residence inherited from her husband John Owen Dominis

  • Rooke House

    Rooke House, childhood home of Queen Emma

  • Kalakaua's Boathouse (1)

    Healani, King Kalākaua's Boathouse where he spend a majority of his reign and where he entertained Robert Louis Stevenson

  • Keoua Hale2

    Keōua Hale, Keʻelikōlani's Honolulu residence which rivaled Kalakaua's Iolani Palace in size and granduer

  • Hulihee Kailua

    Huliheʻe Palace, Keʻelikōlani's residence in Kailua-Kona

  • Grass House at Hulihee Palace

    Grasshut on the grounds of Huliheʻe Palace where Keʻelikōlani much preferred to reside in

  • Helumoa

    Heluma, King Kamehameha V's royal cottage amongst the sacred coconut groves

  • Bishop's Waikiki residence

    The Bishop's Waikiki residence

  • Haleakala2

    Residence built by Pākī for his family; Liliʻuokalani childhood home

  • Halekamani

    Halekamani, Princess Nāhienaena's residence in Lāhainā

  • Haliʻimaile (1853)

    Hāliʻimaile, Princess Victoria Kamāmalu and Prince Lot Kapuāiwa's residence prior his accession as king

  • Hamohamo

    One of Queen Liliʻuokalani's Waikīkī residence at Hamohamo

  • One of Liliuokalani’s residences

    One of Liliʻuokalani’s residences, unidentified

  • Paoakalani at Hamohamo

    Paoakalani, Queen Liliʻuokalani's Waikīkī residence at Hamohamo

  • Mokuhinia, ca. 1910, black and white

    Mokuhinia the manmade lake upon which the island residence of Mokuʻula stood

  • Queen Emma's Waikiki residence

    Queen Emma's Waikīkī residence probably the Marine Residence of Lunalilo

  • Kapiolani's Waikiki residence

    Queen Kapiʻolani's Waikīkī residence probably Pualeilani

  • Kamehameha V Cottage at Moanalua Gardens

    Kamehameha V Cottage, now the Moanalua Gardens

  • John Young's house

    The ruins of John Young's house in Kawaihae where he raised his large family

  • Louis-Jules Masselot, Assemblée des Chefs des Iles Sandwich en conférence avec le Commandant de la Vénus

    Hale Kauila in Honolulu, said to be Kīnaʻu's House but, in reality, was probably a meeting house for the chiefs and foreigners.

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