Aliʻiōlani Hale

Why go

At Aliʻiōlani Hale, Kingdom of Hawaiʻi and the Republic of Hawaiʻi Located in the building's courtyard is the famed gold-leaf statue of Kamehameha the Great Aliʻiōlani Hale was originally designed in a Renaissance revival style as the royal palace for King Kamehameha V In the Hawaiian language Aliʻiōlani Hale means House of the heavenly King also the name Aliʻiōlani was one of the.

What to look for

• Notice how Aliʻiōlani Hale relates to nearby streets, shoreline, and landscape.

The full story

Aliʻiōlani Hale provides a durable historical lens. given names of Kamehameha V In 1911 the building was extensively renovated to help solve these space problems The entire interior of the building was gutted and rebuilt giving the building's interior a completely new floorplan Since the building was originally designed to be a palace its floorplan was not adequate for its later usage as a judicial building The new layout of the building fixed this problem The size of the territorial government continued to grow In the 1940s a new wing was added to the building to help alleviate the growing problem of overcrowding The architects who designed the new wing tried to blend it in with the original building that dated back to the 1870s Aliʻiōlani Hale is one of many buildings in downtown Honolulu listed on the National Register of Historic Places Within walking distance are the Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace Hawaiʻi State Capitol.

Useful to know

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