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Are there ghosts haunting the Hawaiian Mission Houses Historic Site in Honolulu, Hawaii? Local legends claim that more than one ghost hides behind the curtains after the lights have switched off.
Are there ghosts haunting the Hawaiian Mission Houses Historic Site in Honolulu, Hawaii? Local legends claim that more than one ghost hides behind the curtains after the lights have switched off.
In downtown Honolulu, the Hawaiian Mission Houses Historic Site stands as a testament to Hawaii’s missionary era, offering a glimpse into the early 19th century when protestant missionaries came from New England.
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The site, home to three meticulously restored houses, includes two of the oldest structures in Hawaii built in the western style. The building of these houses marks the period on Hawaii for the next decades as “the missionary period”. The site was the headquarters of the Sandwich Islands Mission from 1820 to 1863.
The Hawaiian Mission Houses Historic Site, built by New England missionaries with the aim of spreading Protestant beliefs, have become focal points for paranormal activity and has become a stop on the ghost walks and haunted tours of the city.
The Oldest Frame House, Ka Hale La`au (The Wooden House), was erected in 1821. This building is particularly notorious for its spectral inhabitants of the missionaries said to haunt the old houses. The house was originally lived in by the seven family members of Daniel Chamberlain, but it soon grew to a multi-family home for much of its mission history.
The Chamberlain House: The Oldest Frame House, Ka Hale La’au, built in 1821, is a central feature of the Hawaiian Mission Houses Historic Site, known for its haunted history. Here a picture from 1910.
In addition to the Chamberlain family and the rest of the missionaries, the Ka Hale La’au also housed ailing sailors or orphans as well, with the small parlor serving as a schoolhouse. Question is, who is haunting it to this day?
The Haunting of the Hawaiian Mission Houses Historic Site
Although all of the houses are from this time period, the Oldest Frame House is often the one said to be the most haunted. The particulars and details about the haunting and fleshed out legends are few and far between.
Visitors have reported seeing ghostly apparitions of missionary women although who they could be is uncertain as so many people passed through the house throughout the years.
People are also said to have heard the faint, disembodied sounds of children playing. These phantom children are thought to be the spirits of those who once lived and played here. Could it be the children of the missionaries who never got the chance to grow up? Or perhaps it could be some of the orphans who were placed there?
For those who dare to explore the Hawaiian Mission Houses Historic Site, the experience is a journey through time and the supernatural. The combination of the rich and certainly complex history of missionaries and colonization echoes through the buildings, as well as its haunted rumors.
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