Kamehameha Schools Historical Campuses and Buildings

Kamehameha Schools Historical Campuses and Buildings
Information about the buildings is from Kū Kilakila ‘O Kamehameha by Donald D. Kilolani Mitchell published by Kamehameha Schools Bishop Estate in 1993.

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Bishop Hall, principals house and dorms late 1880s Negative: Vol. 2, 2A	The Principal's House, c1888 Negative: Vol. 2, 6B "This large, two-story frame house served as the home for the principal and his family, and as guests quarters for newly arrived faculty members until permanent housing was available." p. 11	Interior view, parlor and entry of the Principal's House Negative: Vol. 2, 18B "The large living room was the scene of faculty meetings and parties for the teachers and their families." p. 11	Dormitories, 1887-1925 Negative: Vol. 2, 3A "Each dormitory cost $4,973.55 to construct and contained twenty-four 8" x12" rooms designed to accommodate one student each. The furnishings consisted of a single bed, a study table and chair, and wardrobe shelves." p. 11
Dormitories, 1887-1925 Negative: Vol. 2, 3B2 "The washbasins, toilets and showers were in a separate, ground-floor extension on the ma uka side. Water flowed to these facilities by gravity from elevated tanks which were filled with artesian water by a steam-operated pump.The well and tanks were on the lower part of the campus near Houghtailing and Vineyard streets." p. 12, 13.	Kamehameha School for Boys campus, c1911 Negative: Vol. 2, 1C	Boys' Dining Hall, 1887 Negative: Vol. 2, 11B "An imu dug between the dining hall and Dormitory C, was used for many years to cook lū‘lau food...The cross-shaped building measured twenty-nine by eighty-one feet with eighteen-foot high ceilings. The central area seated two hundred diners...The boys were served poi three times a day..." p. 13	The Preparatory Department, 1888 Negative: Vol. 2, 12B "On May 18, 1888, Mr. Bishop offered to build and equip a preparatory school on the Kalihi campus. He asked that the trustees pay the operating expenses from the estate's income after he had built and equipped this new department. The trustees readily accepted Mr. Bishop's offer and construction of the main building was begun immediately." p.29
Preparatory dormitory Negative: Vol. 2, 13B "Since the windows were not screened, it was necessary to use mosquito nets at night." p. 31	Preparatory dining hall Negative: Vol. 2, 12B	Preparatory assembly hall Negative: Vol. 2, 10B	Bernice P. Bishop Museum, 1889 Negative: Vol. 2, 3C "In the early 1880s, Mr. Bishop promised his wife and Queen Emma that he would build a museum to preserve and exhibit the heirlooms they had inherited from their chiefly ancestors." p. 20
Bishop Memorial Chapel, 1897 Negative: Vol. 2, 4A "Three years after Mr. Bishop moved permanently to California, he decided to build a chapel on the school grounds in memory of his wife. C.W. Dickey of Honolulu designed the Gothic revival structure with its towering steeple and stained-glass windows." p. 27	The Kamehameha School for Girls, Main Hall 1894 Negative: Vol. 2, 6C "To the left on the first floor were the principal's offices and her suite of rooms. Beyond were the matron's room, the library and the spacious dining room and kitchen...To the right...were classrooms...Most of the...extensive second floor provided rooms and bathrooms for the teachers and older girls...The younger girls lived on the third floor in true dormitory style..."p39-41	Kamehameha School for Girls entrance Negative: Vol. 2, 10A A flagstone walkway led to the imposing front entrance of the Main Hall. There were broad upper and lower lānai and numerous windows that denoted well-ventilated living quarters. Four stories were visible on the left and three on the right." p. 39	Kamehameha School for Girls dormitory room Negative: Vol. 2, 20A Glass 149