National Register Listing

Lihiwai

a.k.a. Governor Carter's House;See Also: Lihiwai (Boundary Increase

51 Kepola Pl., Honolulu, HI
Local significance of the building:
Landscape Architecture; Economics; Politics/government; Architecture

Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
About National Register Listings

The National Register of Historic Places is the official list of the Nation’s historic places worthy of preservation. Authorized by the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, the National Park Service’s National Register of Historic Places is part of a national program to coordinate and support public and private efforts to identify, evaluate, and protect America’s historic and archeological resources.

Hawaii was once a major producer of sugarcane and pineapple. The pineapple industry was particularly important to the economy, with the Dole Food Company becoming the largest producer of pineapples in the world at one point.