Address
99-165 Crater Rim Drive, Volcano, Hawaii 96718
99-165 Crater Rim Drive, Volcano, Hawaii 96718
TMK
(3) 9-9-001:023
SHPD Historic Site Number
10-52-5508
National Register of Historic Places
#74000293
Abstract
The Old Volcano House #42 is a one-story building of 10 rooms, approximately 110 feet long and 35 feet wide with several shed-like additions on the rear and Hilo sides. A need for hotel-type, overnight quarters and food service at Kilauea crater for the many non-Hawaiian visitors, who came to see the volcanic activity, resulted in commercial operation of a Volcano House, intermittently from 1849-1866 and continuously since. The 1877 Volcano house building was the first of Western architecture and replaced the native-style thatched houses that were previously available.
The Old Volcano House #42 is a one-story building of 10 rooms, approximately 110 feet long and 35 feet wide with several shed-like additions on the rear and Hilo sides. A need for hotel-type, overnight quarters and food service at Kilauea crater for the many non-Hawaiian visitors, who came to see the volcanic activity, resulted in commercial operation of a Volcano House, intermittently from 1849-1866 and continuously since. The 1877 Volcano house building was the first of Western architecture and replaced the native-style thatched houses that were previously available.
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