Kawaiahaʻo Church

Honolulu, United States

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Kawaiahaʻo Church, located in Downtown Honolulu on the island of Oʻahu, is a historic Congregational church built in Mediterranean Revival style. Once the central church of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi and chapel of the Hawaiian royal family, it earned the epithet "Hawaiʻi's Westminster Abbey" for its prominence in the islands' religious and political life. Named from the Hawaiian phrase ka wai a Haʻo ("the water of Haʻo"), referencing a freshwater spring at its location, the church is the oldest standing Christian place of worship on Oʻahu, though earlier thatched structures occupied or near the site. Part of the United Church of Christ, the building continues to incorporate Hawaiian language into its services. Designated a National Historic Landmark in 1962 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1966, Kawaiahaʻo Church remains significant as both an architectural and cultural landmark, standing alongside the Mission Houses as components of the Hawaiian Mission Houses Historic Site.

Movement

Mediterranean Revival architecture

Type: church building
Place: Honolulu, United States

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