Name/Title
Maui Grand HotelDescription
Maui Grand Hotel, Wailuku, Maui
Just after the Overthrow in 1894, in anticipation of great business potential, the all-wooden Wailuku Hotel was built. Then a brand-new hotel was built – the “Grand Hotel” in 1916, in the middle of World War I. The elegant two-story hotel was designed by Honolulu architect J. Holmberg.
Opening 11 years before the Royal Hawaiian Hotel in Waikiki, the Maui Grand Hotel had a spacious lobby, a fine dining room, a gift shop and second-floor lanai, overlooking the courtyard just inside of Main Street. A hotel firm that owned the Pioneer Inn in Lahaina acquired the Grand Hotel in 1920. Nine years later a businessman named E. J. Walsh bought it in the year of the Great Depression. He was fired up about the Maui economy, adding 25 more rooms for a stucco-roof wing – totaling 61 rooms, the largest hotel in all of Maui County until well into the post World War II period. Later the majestic hotel was owned by K. Takitani Enterprises, a post-War conglomerate that also owned Star Ice and Soda, Wailuku Motors, and dominated movie theaters throughout Maui.Created By
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April 6, 2025Update Date
April 6, 2025
