While they were both in the cabinet, under King Kamehameha V, American politicians John Mott-Smith and Charles Coffin Harris convinced the legislature to fund a hotel. Hawaii’s first hotel, the Hawaiian Hotel, opened in 1872.[4]: 173–174 Renamed the Royal Hawaiian Hotel, it was converted to a YMCA in 1917 and used by the military in World War I.[5] In 1926 the termite-infested building was torn down, and a new one designed in Spanish mission style by Lincoln Rogers of the firm Emory & Webb.[6][7] The two-story U-shaped building, dedicated on March 16, 1928, included a swimming pool in its courtyard.[8]
In the late 1980’s, the building underwent a major renovation by the Hemmeter Corporation.[5]
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^"Hawai'i State Art Museum Brochure" (PDF). Honolulu, HI, USA: Hawai‘i State Foundation on Culture and the Arts. May 18, 2007. p. 2, col. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 30, 2011. Retrieved November 17, 2012.
^Office of Environmental Quality Control (October 2000). "Final Environmental Assessment for No. 1 Capital District Building Honolulu, Oahu, Hawai'i" (PDF). Honolulu, HI, USA: Dept. of Health, State of Hawai‘i. 2.3.1 TECHNICAL CONSIDERATIONS. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 28, 2010. Retrieved November 17, 2012.
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