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Waioli Mission
House Museum
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PHOTOS |
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Click on a
thumbnail to see a larger version of the
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OVERVIEW |
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If you're
lucky and time your visit just right, you
can see this 150-year-old mission house,
which serves today as a living museum. It's
a real treasure. Others in Honolulu are
easier to see, but the Waioli Mission House
retains its sense of place and most of its
furnishings, so you can really get a clear
picture of what life was like for the New
England missionaries who came to Kauai to
convert the "heathens" to Christianity.
Most mission houses are small, dark Boston
cottages that violate the tropical sense of
place. This two-story, wood-frame house,
built in 1836 by Abner and Lucy Wilcox of
New Bedford, Massachusetts, is an excellent
example of hybrid architecture. The house
features lanais on both stories and a
cookhouse in a separate building. It has a
lava-rock chimney, ohia-wood floors, and
Hawaiian koa furniture. |
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DIRECTIONS |
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Kuhio Hwy.
(Hwy. 560), just behind the green Waioli
Huia Church |
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