The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-08-13
Old Royal Bungalow BlIII,I !
IN Palace Grounds
Us To Be Torn Down
Wooden Structure For Many
Years An Eye Sore Was Once
Far0flte Home OF oueen Ka-
pioIani and King kaIakaua

Tic 6ldifoyhl Bungalow in the palace
grounds. h 10 be razod.
The wooden structure, which in its
heyfey served as royal palace and
was preferred by Queen KapioIani, CON
sort Of King Kalakaua, to the great
palace erected for her husband and
now used as the executive building. of
the Teffiterial government, met its
fate yasterdRy when Governor G.. j.
Mccarthy, announced other housing ar
tangements for the organizations now
occupying IL. 8 =,
-a The superintendent of public works
will 10. before the board Of disposal of
public property at once, and make final
arrangements for eliminating the old
structure, as factor Of the, public
property owned by the Territory, after
which the building will be sold, and
tben torn down. ,,...l
Always an eye sore to Governor Nc
Carthy,. the latter yesterday announced
his decision Of ridding, the grounds of
the ttmblo.down remBBnts Of the stTue-
ture which was so intimately associated
with the Kalakaua dynasty, At tho
same, time be announced that the Medi.
cal Advisory. Board, now occupying the
second story, will take up new quarters
in the national guard armory; the As
sociated, Charities will occupy quar-.
tors in the old rife range building on
BeretaDia Street, near Miller Street;
and the educational department storage
material will be removed to the base
NETT of.theiarmory. ....-
Is Old and shaky -. ~%s
The bungalow is old and shaky.
The roof is sagging and the floors have
reach ed. a. very trembly stage. Parts
of the walls are so rotten that q fist
can be showed through the wood. The
building cannot be rehabilitated, and
if such an attempt was made the result
would be like Pats jack knife, a in
which he had first put new blades and
then added a new handle. Therefore,
being condemned by the superintendent
| of public works as unsafe, in addition
to being an eSe-sore, the building will
soon be but a memory.
The Bungalow was built about 1882
and was used as a palace by the royal
family, particularly during the time
the present executive building was be-
ing constructed as the palace, which
was completed about, 1885,. Queen Ka-
piolani favored the Bungalow rather
than the pretantious structure and spent
most Of herutime in the comfortable
smaller building. She even expressed
the opinion thatAthe new bnilding was
unsafe ,N
The Bungalow was also a favored re,
taxation spot for .. Kalakaua and the
friends of both the king and queen
found it a most comfortable home, de
void of the stiffness and the pomp and
glory of the great palace nearby.
In 1898 the upper story was used as
hall for the Officers, Club of the
Hawaiian National Guard, and there
were entertained the generals admirals
and nearly all the American officers
during Spanish war days who stopped
of in Honolulu, on their way from San
Francisco to Manila There were gay
times in the Bungalow in those days
Among those entertained were Genera
Pershing, the late General Funston, Gen
eral Merritt and distinguished naVa
officers.
Later, this upper floor was used prin
cipallv for offices of the adjutant- gene
raj of the national gnard and for hi
subordinate officers. In late years i
has been in disuse, but has served 1
good purpose lately for the Medical Ad
visOry Board of the seleGtive draft ser
vice. and the Associated Charities.
When first built and for manysyear
the Bungalow was considered pre-
tentious strurture and one Of the SHOW
places of Honolulu.