Location: 81-6551 Mamalahoa Highway (Hwy.11), Kealakekua 96750 Website:www.konahistorical.org Office:
Monday–Friday 8:00 am–4:00 pm Mail to: P.O. Box 398, Captain Cook, HI 96704 Phone: (808) 323-3222 Fax: (808) 323-2398 office hours only Email: khs@konahistorical.org
Hours:
H.N. Greenwell Store, M-F 9-3:30;
Kona Coffee Living History Farm, M-F 9-2.
Kailua Village Walking Tour by appointment. Admission:
H.N. Greenwell Store $4.00
Kona Coffee Living History Farm $15.00
Kailua Village Walking Tour $15.00
The Kona Historical Society is a community-based, non-profit organization, whose mission is to collect, preserve, interpret, and disseminate the history of the Kona districts. Founded in 1976 by a small group of residents, the Society has grown to over twelve hundred members nationwide. The Society maintains two historic sites, a research archive, and provides public history programs through its off-road tours, lectures, living history programs and historic preservation. In association with the Smithsonian Museum.
Collections: The archives contain a photographs (over 50,000 images), maps, manuscripts, films, slides, oral histories,and an extensive database of Kona place names. The archives is available to the general public by appointment.
Programs and tours: Two historic sites offer living history programs that tell the story of post-contact Kona- The H.N. Greenwell Store (ca. 1873)at Kalukalu is a restored 1890s general store that presents the history of the late 19th century farming and ranching community of Kona. Thursdays, bread is baked in the Portuguese Stone Oven in the lower pasture. The Kona Coffee Living History Farm offers a one hour living history tour of an early twentieth century coffee farm. The Kailua Village Walking Tour is a one hour stroll through historic Kailua-Kona.
Special events: Ethnic Food Festivals, jeep tours, special Christmas celebrations, lectures, school tours through the Farm and Store, and outreach exhibits and programs are presented throughout the year as a way to tell the stories of old Kona to children, residents, and visitors.
Membership: Yearly memberships $35 individual, $55 family. Special categories are $100 Partner, $250 Sponsor, $500 Associate,and $1,000 Patron. All members may receive Smithsonian Museum benefits for free or at a reduced rate.
Facilities: At the Kalukalu site is the historic stone building- upstairs is the H.N. Greenwell Store living history program, downstairs is the temperature controlled archives and research library. The lower pasture may be used for parties and events. The Kona Coffee Living History Farm is a 5.5 acre historic farm with orchards, gardens, Jpanese style farmhouse, and gift kiosk.
Parking: Parking is free at both sites.
Nonprofit organization
Greenwell Store, Uchida Coffee Farm on both the Hawai‘i
and
the National Register of Historic Places
HMA member
