Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1883-04-07
OPENING OF THK"HOME LUNALILO.'

In June 1871, while Lunailo the beloved
was merely chief of high rank, he made
a will by the terms of which, should he die
without issue, the bulk of his property should
90, on the death OF his father, to found home
for aged and INDECENT Hawaiians of aboriginal
stock.
When he became king Lunalilo continued
his will in force, and after his untimely decease
and the admission of the will to probate, the
Supreme Court appointed John. Mott Smith,
Edwin o. Hall and Sanford b. Dole, as trus-
tees of the bequest. When he died Lunalilo
believed that the property set apart for the
purposes Of the trust-a small portion of the
estate, the Waikiki property, having been left
by codicil to Queen Emma-would aggregate
only about $25 900. 1t is now valued at nearly
seven times that amount. The trustees were
qualified in March 1877; and the active prose-
cution of their work has continued ever. since,
until the "Home Lunalilo" is now an accepted
fact.
Last Saturday afternoon the building which
occupies FL 36-Ioo acres, located just beyond
Punchbowl and known as Kewalo, was thrown
open to the public in an informal manner. His
Majesty and at least one Of his ministers were
present together with two of the trustees, some
minor officials, many private citizens and a
number Of ladies and young people. Berger's
band furnished some enjoyable music, and the
trustees furnished an equally enjoyable COLA
ton.
Exteriorially, the building is more striking
than imposing. For two reasons it was made
principally one story. The reasons were the
difficulty which aged and presumably infrm
inmates would experience in mounting long
stairways; and the pronounced Hawaiian pref
erence for the convenience Of ground floor liv-
inu In ehona th.. hntns racan,hIac rrnce
with its supporting pillar buried and the arms
resting on the ground.
The structure is 900 feet long, consisting of
a two-story central building aanked by long
one.story wings. Each wing contains rooms,
g of which are are I2xI2 and IA feet high,
terminating in large ward rs feet square with
10 feet ceiling. AT the rear Of each wing is a
combined Mushroom, bathroom and closet,
apart from the main building yet connected
by a covered passage. The central portion is
approached from the west side front by eleven
concrete steps. The front hall contains stair
way leading TO the second story and thence to
the tower surmounting the structure, the apex
of which is one hundred feet above the ground.
To the right OF the front hall is reception
room 26xIS in which is an expressive oil paint
ing of the founder, painted for the home by
Charles Furneaux. To the left are an Office,
and a;n;nnr n" Th use " a .,arI enn,s;ns
L.. ,ne,,s on. ~ ,.h;ch VII, ~. usad r.,
linen s c,o . and s;n;,., smnniss and he
n,ha, as I;,;n,n ""u sm '"fp"e ,h . me
;n,snden, Tse ,h rea, Of The central ,o,,;on
l. a comh;ned t;,ch.n Iaund,v ,nJ SOL rom
A .sranda ns,rIs s,,,onnds IL hn;,d;na he;na
continuous along the rear and interrupted in
,roi raj, n o' " WV "' ''' '"'s '"e ~"
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o.,s, Of H.. yn,l md H.. ousl;,v II Material
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on, M ,ncL ,nnarsn,lv .onaIom.,a,s oe
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rs,d;,r /, Is aid 10 harden ,anidlv and
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snish ~ n. hn;,d;ns i Man h',s no, and
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-. Ia 20 80, he NJ, ~ ;,s n,n;sc,o, ~
,as,s Of rs Trustees an5 The Lii and nJamen,
Of its architec, and the contracting builder.
The ORIGINAL design Of The 6uiIdina WAS