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 as a National Historic Landmark. The current governor's residence was built in 2008 behind the historic residence, and is located on the same grounds as Washington Place.
The building in 2024
Captain John Dominis (1796–1846)
The house circa 1891–93
Washington Place, seen from the street. (10/2012)
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. The composer of "Aloha ʻOe" and numerous other works, she wrote her autobiography Hawaiʻi's Story by Hawaiʻi's Queen during her imprisonment following the overthrow.
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