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Palama Settlement Photographic Collection, 1896-1980
Collection
Identifier: PS-2
Abstract
In 1896, Palama Chapel was built as an outreach ministry of Central Union Church. In 1900, a public health crisis emerged with reported cases of the Bubonic Plague in Honolulu’s Chinatown district. By order of the Honolulu Board of Health, fires were set in Chinatown that accidentally spread into adjacent neighborhoods and destroyed houses, leaving thousands of residents homeless. Palama Chapel became surrounded by crowded tenement housing for the displaced residents, many from Native...
Dates:
1896-1980 (Bulk:1925-1980)
Found in:
Palama Settlement Archives
Palama Settlement Records, 1896-1980
Collection
Identifier: PS-1
Abstract
The political, economic, and public health events at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries shaped the history of Palama Settlement. Established after the Overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi in 1893 and prior to the United States annexation of Hawaiʻi in 1898, Palama Chapel was built in 1896 by P.C. Jones, a prominent businessman and politician. Through sales and donations, Central Union Church held the deeds on the corners of Liliha and King Streets. Palama Chapel’s first pastor and...
Dates:
1896 - 1980
Found in:
Palama Settlement Archives