You are here

Hawaii » Maui » Hana and Piilani Highways » Lanakila Ihiihi O Iehova Ona Kaua Church

Lanakila Ihiihi O Iehova Ona Kaua Church

-A A +A
1863. Off Hana Hwy., between mile markers 16 and 17
  • (Photograph by Jimmy Emerson, DVM CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
  • (Photograph by Jimmy Emerson, DVM CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
  • (Photograph by Jimmy Emerson, DVM CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

The only structure on Keanae peninsula to survive the 1946 tsunami, this sturdy little building was constructed over a six-year period with volunteer labor. Similar to other apana churches of its time, the building features rubble lava-rock walls with shingled gables and a small belfry inset over the entrance. Buttresses were added to the corners of the structure to provide further stability for the twenty-eight-inch-thick walls. The congregation restored and rededicated the church in 1969. The original trusses hewn from local ohia trees still support the roof. The church's name translates to “Sacredness, Success of Jehovah, the Son of God.”

Writing Credits

Author: 
Don J. Hibbard
×

Data

What's Nearby

Our Lady of Fatima Church (St. Gabriel's Catholic Church)

Citation

Don J. Hibbard, "Lanakila Ihiihi O Iehova Ona Kaua Church", [Keanae, Hawaii], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/HI-01-MA48.

Print Source

Cover: Buildings of Hawaii

Buildings of Hawaii, Don J. Hibbard. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2011, 214-215.

If SAH Archipedia has been useful to you, please consider supporting it.

SAH Archipedia tells the story of the United States through its buildings, landscapes, and cities. This freely available resource empowers the public with authoritative knowledge that deepens their understanding and appreciation of the built environment. But the Society of Architectural Historians, which created SAH Archipedia with University of Virginia Press, needs your support to maintain the high-caliber research, writing, photography, cartography, editing, design, and programming that make SAH Archipedia a trusted online resource available to all who value the history of place, heritage tourism, and learning.

,