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Apr 29, 2021 · The house remained in various stages of construction throughout the 19th century, changing to fit the evolving needs of the Honolulu Mission Station. The station compound grew, as did its community, and by the 1840s the house had two kitchens and up to 5 families living inside, each family occupying one room.
Aug 12, 2023 · The wood-framed Mission House, built in 1821, was one of the first wood-framed buildings built in Hawai‘i; it is now the oldest in Hawai‘i. It recently celebrated its 200 th birthday. The frame house stands on the grounds of the Hawaiian Mission Houses Historic Site and Archives, near Kawaiahaʻo Church on the makai side of King Street.
Apr 7, 2020 · Horst P. Horst. Doris Duke, pictured here at Shangri La, was the only daughter of tobacco tycoon James Buchanan Duke. When he died, the 12-year-old Doris and her mother, Nanaline Holt Inman ...
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Feb 8, 2024 · Ruby Dee, Robert Guillaume and Langston Hughes are just a few of the familiar names associated with Karamu House—the oldest African American-producing theater in the United States. Since 1915, Karamu House—located on Cleveland’s east side—has nurtured the careers of dancers, photographers, sculptors, printmakers, actors, poets and playwrights. Now, that rich history is entirely ...
The Jean and Zohmah House is one of Hawai’i’s great mid-century modern residences, with a uniquely artistic flair. Designed in 1957 and completed in 1958, the 2,800 square foot split level ranch-style home—one of the first homes in Kahala, O’ahu—was the product of seamless collaboration between Jean and the great Hawai’i architects and ceramicist of that era.
Pickens is pictured at Karamu before heading to the 1963 March on Washington. A signature in an open guestbook behind plexiglass in Karamu Houses’s hallways reads: “Martin Luther King ...
Initially founded as a settlement house in 1915 by two white sociologists, Russell and Rowena Jelliffe, Karamu House quickly became an important community arts center in the “Roaring Third,” the district that at the time was considered one of the worst slums in Cleveland. 2 By the late 1930s, the famed Gilpin Players of Karamu House regularly staged the plays of Cleveland resident Langston ...
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