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Contradict and says property was bought in 1872 [1]

Details about acquisition of estate

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT PREPARATION NOTICE: PRINCESS KAʻIULANI RENOVATION & DEVELOPMENT AND THE REPLACEMENT OF THE MOANA SURFRIDER HOTEL DIAMOND HEAD TOWER WITH A NEW TOWER (PDF). Honolulu: Kyo-ya Hotel & Resorts, LP. February 2009.
FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT: PRINCESS KAʻIULANI RENOVATION & DEVELOPMENT AND THE REPLACEMENT OF THE MOANA SURFRIDER HOTEL DIAMOND HEAD TOWER WITH A NEW TOWER: Volume II: APPENDICES 13-20 (PDF). Honolulu: Kyo-ya Hotel & Resorts, LP. February 2010.

Historic maps identify the present project area as a portion of ‘Āinahau, the Waikīkī estate of Archibald Cleghorn (1835-1910), his wife Princess Miriam Likelike (1851-1887), and their daughter Princess Ka‘iulani (1875-1899) – all significant personages in the history of Hawai‘i (Figure 15). This estate began when Princess Likelike and her husband purchased six acres of land in the ‘ili of ‘Au‘aukai from Ma‘aua and Koihala in 1872. Additional land came to the property in 1875, when 3.9 acres was gifted to Princess Ka‘iulani at her christening by her aunt and godmother Ruth Ke‘elikōlani, who inherited the land from her father, Mataio Kekūanaō‘a. Princess Ruth gave an additional 1.3 acres to Ka‘iulani later, creating a total estate of 12 acres (Kanahele 1995: 133-134, 137). The estate was called ‘Āinahau (hau tree land), named for the many hau trees that grew along ‘Āpuakēhau Stream (Pukui et al. 1974:7).

The property in 1872 had several native grass huts, which Cleghorn removed, and replaced with a neo-Hawaiian-style bungalow (Figure 16). He later built a new, large two-story Victorian style house (Figure 17), designed by the famous Honolulu architect, Clinton B. Ripley.

Cleghorn not only beautified Waikīkī through his work at Kapi‘olani Park [he had been instrumental in the park’s creation and design], but also at his estate, ‘Āinahau, which he had purchased in 1872 for $300. Inheriting a love of horticulture from his father, Cleghorn lavishly landscaped this parcel, making it “the most beautiful private estate in the Hawaiian Islands” [Hibbard and Franzen 1986: 12].

A 1917 government survey map – on which the present project area is indicated – shows the boundaries of the ‘Āinahau estate and other land owned by Cleghorn, which extended past the mauka boundary of ‘Āpuakēhau Stream (Figure 18). When the 1917 map is studied in tandem with the 1881 map discussed above (refer to Figure 6), it appears that the ‘Āinahau estate comprised the entire LCA 7597 ‘āpana 2 and an adjacent portion of LCA 104 FL ‘āpana 5. The portion of LCA 104 FL is probably the land that Princess Ruth Ke‘elikōlani gave to Princess Ka‘iulani as a christening gift.