Washington Place
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Washington Place is a Greek Revival palace in the Hawaii Capital Historic District in Honolulu, Hawaii. It was where Queen Liliʻuokalani was arrested during the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom. Late
The building in 2024
Captain John Dominis (1796–1846)
The house circa 1891–1893
Washington Place, seen from the street. (10/2012)
Liliʻuokalani
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Liliʻuokalani was the only queen regnant and the last sovereign monarch of the Hawaiian Kingdom, ruling from January 29, 1891, until the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom on January 17, 1893, in a cou
Washington Place
…Washington Place is a Greek Revival palace in the Hawaii Capital Historic District in Honolulu, Hawaii. It was where Queen Liliʻuokalani was arrested during the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom. Later it became the official residence of the governor of Hawaii. In 2007, it was designated…
Portrait by James J. Williams, c. 1891
Liliʻuokalani in her youth, c. 1853
Haleʻākala, oil on canvas by D. Howard Hitchcock, 1899
John Owen Dominis, who later became Governor of Oʻahu