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The location of the city of Honolulu, Oahu is the most populous island in the state. There are 169 properties and districts on the island, including 16 National Historic Landmarks . Five formerly listed sites were demolished and have been removed from the Register.
Fort Davis National Historic Site is a United States National Historic Site located in the unincorporated community of Fort Davis, Jeff Davis County, Texas.Located within the Davis Mountains of West Texas, the historic site was established in 1961 to protect one of the best remaining examples of a United States Army fort in the southwestern United States.
Later known as Honolulu High School, it was renamed in memorial to William McKinley, the twenty-fifth President of the United States, in 1907. President William McKinley High School is one of the oldest secondary schools in the state and several of its buildings have been listed on the National Register of Historic Places .
The Honolulu branch was the first successful Japanese bank in Hawaiʻi. The building at 36 Merchant Street dates from 1909 and was designed by one of Honolulu's most prolific architects, Henry Livingston Kerr, who considered it not just his own finest work, but the finest in the city at the time. The brick and steel structure is L-shaped, with ...
1794 - Honolulu’s safe harbour discovered. [1] 1795 - Area populated by "Kamehameha's chiefs and followers." [2] 1810 - Kamehameha I relocates to inner harbour of Honolulu from Waikiki. [3] 1816 - Fort built. [1] 1820 - Honolulu becomes capital of Hawaii and the principal residence of the sovereign. [4] [1] 1826 - C. Brewer & Co. founded. [5 ...
Robert Grimes Davis (May 10, 1819 – March 4, 1872) was an early lawyer and judge of the Kingdom of Hawaii who served many different posts for Hawaii and the Republic of Peru. He was also known as Lopaka , the Hawaiian version of Robert.
John Young (c. 1742 – 17 December 1835) was a British subject who became an important military advisor to Kamehameha I during the formation of the Kingdom of Hawaii.He was left behind by Simon Metcalfe, captain of the American ship Eleanora, and along with a Welshman Isaac Davis, and became a friend and advisor to Kamehameha.
Early in its history, the Hawaiian Kingdom was governed from coastal towns on the islands of Hawaiʻi and Maui . During the reign of Kamehameha III a capital was established in Honolulu. Kamehameha V decided to build a royal palace fitting the Hawaiian Kingdom's new-found prosperity and standing with the royals of other nations.