Kawaiahao Church

Kawaiahaʻo Church is a historic Congregational church located in on the Island of Oʻahu. The church, along with the Mission Houses, comprise the , which was designated a U.S. National Historic Landmark in 1962.
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  • 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.

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. is situated 960 feet north of Kawaiahao Church.

Museum
The 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. is situated 400 feet southeast of Kawaiahao Church.

Courthouse
is a building located in , , currently used as the home of the Hawaiʻi State Supreme Court. It is the former seat of government of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi and the Republic of Hawaiʻi. is situated 890 feet northwest of Kawaiahao Church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Downtown Honolulu and Hawaii Capital Historic District.

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is the commercial and governmental center of the Hawaiian Islands, with a number of cultural attractions for visitors to enjoy. Unlike many cities in the United States, Honolulu's downtown has few hotels, with the city's major concentration of hotels located in the tourist center of .

Suburb
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The in Honolulu, Hawaii, has been the center of government of Hawaii since 1845.

The capital of and its primary point of entry, 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

Latitude
21.30435° or 21° 18′ 16″ north
Longitude
-157.85782° or 157° 51′ 28″ west
Elevation
10 feet (3 metres)
Inception
July 21st, 1842
Height
59 feet (18 metres)
Open location code
73H4843R+PV
Open­Street­Map ID
way 142219242
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­church
Geo­Names ID
5848743
Wiki­data ID
Q6379539
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Swedish—“Kawaiahao Church” goes by many names.

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