Name/Title
Waioli Tea RoomDescription
Grass Hut- Originally owned by Princess Kaiulani; occupied by Robert Louis Stevenson on his visits to Hawaii.
Later owned and operated by The Salvation Army Girls' Home.
Robert Louis Stevenson's grass house
Located on the Waiʻoli grounds adjacent to the restaurant is what has become known as the Robert Louis Stevenson Memorial Grass House. It is a replica of the original that was once there. The structure was built as a guest house at their ʻĀinahau estate by the father of Princess Ka'iulani, businessman Archibald Scott Cleghorn. In 1889, Stevenson and his family stayed in the grass house. Ka'iulani and the author spent much time together on the estate.[11] Ka'iulani died in 1899. When Cleghorn died in 1910, he willed the estate to the Territory of Hawaii, specifying it be maintained as a park in Ka'iulani's memory.[12] The Princess Ka'iulani Hotel now stands where the ʻĀinahau estate once was. When the hut was auctioned off in 1926, it was moved to the current location. Although the Salvation Army initially did a complete restoration of the structure, it had to be entirely rebuilt in 1983. In 2003, it was destroyed by high winds.[2][3] The grass house was finally rebuilt and reopened in 2012.[13]
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March 31, 2024Update Date
March 31, 2024
