Kawaiahao Church
Kawaiahaʻo Church is a historic Congregational church located in Downtown Honolulu on the Hawaiian Island of Oʻahu. The church, along with the Mission Houses, comprise the Hawaiian Mission Houses Historic Site, which was designated a U.S. National Historic Landmark in 1962.- Type: Church
- Description: church in Honolulu, Hawaii
- Also known as: “Great Stone Church”, “Honolulu First Church”, “Kawaiaha’o Church”, “Kawaiahaʻo Church”, “Kawaiha‘o Church”, and “King’s Chapel”
- Address: 957 Punchbowl Street, Honolulu, HI 96813
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Iolani Palace and Hawaiian Mission Houses Historic Site and Archives.
Iolani Palace
Museum
The ʻIolani Palace was the royal residence of the rulers of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi beginning with Kamehameha III under the Kamehameha Dynasty and ending with Queen Liliʻuokalani under the Kalākaua Dynasty. Iolani Palace is situated 290 metres north of Kawaiahao Church.
Hawaiian Mission Houses Historic Site and Archives
Museum
The Hawaiian Mission Houses Historic Site and Archives in Honolulu, Hawaii, was established in 1920 by the Hawaiian Mission Children's Society, a private, non-profit organization and genealogical society, on the 100th anniversary of the arrival of the first Christian missionaries in Hawaiʻi. Hawaiian Mission Houses Historic Site and Archives is situated 120 metres southeast of Kawaiahao Church.
Territorial Building
Public building
The Territorial Building is a government building of the Territory of Hawaiʻi. Territorial Building is situated 170 metres northwest of Kawaiahao Church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Downtown Honolulu and Hawaii Capital Historic District.
Downtown Honolulu
Hawaii Capital Historic District
Suburb
Honolulu
The capital of Hawaii and its primary point of entry, Honolulu is by far the state's largest city, with 980,000 people—two-thirds of the state's population—residing within the metro area as of 2018.Kawaiahao Church
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Honolulu County, Hawaii, Polynesia, Oceania
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Latitude
21.30435° or 21° 18′ 16″ north
Longitude
-157.85782° or 157° 51′ 28″ west
Elevation
3 metres (10 feet)
Inception
July 21st, 1842
Height
18 metres (59 feet)
Open location code
73H4843R+PV
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worship
OpenStreetMap feature
building=church
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Swedish—“Kawaiahao Church” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “ilesia de Kawaiaha’o”
- Chinese: “卡懷亞哈奧教堂”
- Chinese: “卡瓦雅豪教堂”
- Finnish: “Kawaiaha‘on kirkko”
- French: “église de Kawaiahaʻo”
- French: “Église de Kawaiahaʻo”
- Indonesian: “Gereja Kawaiahao”
- Japanese: “カワイアハオ教会”
- Portuguese: “Igreja Kawaiahaʻo”
- Spanish: “iglesia de Kawaiaha’o”
- Spanish: “Iglesia de Kawaiaha’o”
- Swedish: “Kawaiahaʻo Church”
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