Kauikeaouli Hale

Kauikeaouli Hale is a district courthouse for the Island of Oʻahu in Hawaii.

It is located at 1111 Alakea Street between downtown Honolulu Hawaii and the Hawaii Capital Historic District at 21°18′32″N 157°51′31″W / 21.30889°N 157.85861°W / 21.30889; -157.85861Coordinates: 21°18′32″N 157°51′31″W / 21.30889°N 157.85861°W / 21.30889; -157.85861. Its lower floors house the courts of the first circuit, covering the City and County of Honolulu,[1] and upper floors have offices of some support departments of the Hawaii Supreme Court.[2] It is adjacent to the Hawaii State Art Museum.

In the Hawaiian language, hale means "house"[3] and Kauikeaouli was the birth name of the Kingdom of Hawaii’s King Kamehameha III (1813–1854). The art displayed at Kauikeaouli Hale includes:[4]

References

  1. "Oʻahu - First Circuit". State of Hawaii. Retrieved November 23, 2010.
  2. "Judiciary directory" (PDF). State of Hawaii. Retrieved November 23, 2010.
  3. Mary Kawena Pukui and Samuel Hoyt Elbert (2003). "lookup of hale ". in Hawaiian Dictionary. Ulukau, the Hawaiian Electronic Library, University of Hawaii Press. Retrieved November 23, 2010.
  4. "Kauikeaouli Hale". Art Inventories Catalog of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved November 23, 2010.
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