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Kalaupapa Home < The Human Community < Life Today <
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Architecture of Kalawao
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There has never been a “Parade of Homes” tour in Kalaupapa, but perhaps there will be some day. The settlement has a lot to offer serious students of architecture as well as visitors touring for the day. Kalaupapa has a wide range of structures, built from the 1910s to the 1960s, most in plantation Hawaiian style. The history of the settlement can be told through its buildings.
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Kalawao
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In 1865 the Kingdom of Hawai`i set aside an isolation settlement for Hansen’s disease patients at Kalawao, on the eastern side of the Kalaupapa Peninsula. At its height in 1890, Kalawao was a large community, consisting of about 325 frame structures that provided homes and services to around 1,100 patients. The houses provided protection against the weather, and Father Damien, with the help of patients, was responsible for building about 300 of them. Today scattered building foundations, stone walls, cemeteries, and two churches, Siloama Congregational Church and St. Philomena Catholic Church, are all that remain of this once populous community.
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< Siloama Congregational Church
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St. Philomena Catholic Church >
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Click Here for a more views of St. Philomena including links to a panoramic view of the church interior.
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Because of Kalawao’s cool and windy weather, the isolation settlement was moved three miles west to Kalaupapa, on the warmer and drier side of the peninsula. Kalaupapa evolved from a Hawaiian fishing village to an isolation settlement for Hansen’s disease patients. Only one structure survives from the pre-settlement era. The territorial government’s Board of Health was responsible for the present layout of the community, as well as the construction of most of the buildings.
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Daily Life | Cultural Landscape | The Cemeteries
Paschoal Hall | Rock Walls
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Kalaupapa Home | The Human Community | The Natural Community | To Learn More
What's Happening Now | Planning Your Visit | Quick Facts | Kalaupapa ParkNet Page
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