Qualla: Washington Place https://qualla.com/washington-place en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:09 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/8/7/z/9/washington-place-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Washington Place https://qualla.com/washington-place Washington Place: Introduction https://qualla.com/washington-place/ Photo credit CaesarGJ, Public domain. Mary Dominis never stopped waiting. Her husband, Captain John Dominis, sailed for China in 1846 aboard the brig William Neilson, intending to buy furniture for the house they were building in Honolulu. The ship was lost at sea. Decades later, a Massachusetts lawyer renting a room in the finished house described Mary as still expecting the captain to walk through the door. The house she kept ready for his return would witness events far larger than any homecoming: a royal marriage, the overthrow of a kingdom, the arrest of a queen, and the quiet passing of Hawaiian sovereignty into American hands. Washington Place has stood in the heart of Honolulu since 1847, absorbing history the way its coral-stone foundation absorbs the island heat.

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]]> Thu, 12 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/8/7/z/9/washington-place-wp/87z9-washington-place-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Washington Place: Built on Coral and Lawsuit Money https://qualla.com/washington-place/ Photo credit Cliff, CC BY 2.0. Captain John Dominis relocated from New York to Hawaii in 1837 with Mary and their young son, John Owen Dominis. In 1842, the captain received a parcel of land as settlement of a lawsuit with the British Consul Richard Charlton. He began building a house in the Greek Revival styl...

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]]> Thu, 12 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/8/7/z/9/washington-place-wp/87z9-washington-place-built-on-coral-and-lawsuit-money.mp3 0:06 2 full Washington Place: A Princess Moves In https://qualla.com/washington-place/ Photo credit credited to Bishop Museum, Edgeworth Collection, Public domain. Washington Place's transformation from private residence to seat of Hawaiian history began in 1862, when Lydia Kamakaeha Paki married John Owen Dominis, the captain's son. She would become Queen Liliuokalani, the last reigning monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaii. Before the wedding,...

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]]> Thu, 12 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/8/7/z/9/washington-place-wp/87z9-washington-place-a-princess-moves-in.mp3 0:06 3 full Washington Place: The Overthrow https://qualla.com/washington-place/ Photo credit Frank Davey, Public domain. That moment ended violently. In January 1893, a group of American and European businessmen, backed by a detachment of United States Marines, overthrew the Hawaiian monarchy. Washington Place became the site of Queen Liliuokalani's arrest. She was tried before a military tribunal ...

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]]> Thu, 12 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/8/7/z/9/washington-place-wp/87z9-washington-place-the-overthrow.mp3 0:06 4 full Washington Place: From Queen's Home to Governor's Mansion https://qualla.com/washington-place/ Photo credit Jim Bowen from Zhenhai, China, CC BY 2.0. On May 14, 1921, the territorial legislature of Hawaii purchased Washington Place for $55,000 from Liliuokalani's estate to serve as the official residence of the Territorial Governor. Governor Wallace Rider Farrington remodeled the house in 1922. Over the following eight decades...

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