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(#1) The original 'Iolani Palace (built 1844; formerly known as Hanailoia and Hale Ali'i) served as the official residence of the monarch during the reigns of Kamehameha IV, Kamehameha V, Lunalilo, and the first part of Kalākaua's reign. As this stood during Abner Pratt’s stay in Hawaii, this building probably influenced the design of his home in Marshall.
(#2) Built during the reign of Kalākaua, the second ‘Iolani Palace (built 1879-82) was constructed on the site of the original and is the only royal palace in the United States used as an official residence by a reigning monarch.
(#3) A native of New York, Abner Pratt (1801-63) was chief justice of the Michigan Supreme Court (1853-57) and United States Council to Hawaii (1857-59) under President James Buchanan. Pratt constructed his Marshall house in 1860, an architectural blend of Italianate, Gothic, and Polynesian styles. His wife died a year later and Pratt succumbed to pneumonia soon afterward; legend says it was his insistence to wearing tropical-weight clothing during cold Midwestern winters.
(#4) The Honolulu House, as it became known, was occupied by several residents until 1951 when Harold Brooks acquired the property to protect it from being replaced by a gas station. In 1962, the Marshall Historical Society successfully raised funds needed to purchase the structure, restoring the in symbol of hospitality terior paint-on-plaster walls and ceiling paintings to the splendor of the 1880s. Stemming from Marshall’s connection to Hawaii, pineapples - long known as symbols of hospitality - can be spotted around town. |