Greenwell Store

	Greenwell Store
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Built circa 1870
Location	Hawaii Belt Road, Kealakekua, Hawaii
Coordinates	19°30′37″N 155°55′12″W / 19.51028°N 155.92000°W
Area	1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built	1870; 154 years ago
NRHP reference No.	78001017
Added to NRHP	May 22, 1978

The Greenwell Store is a historic building now run as a museum by the Kona Historical Society.

History

Henry Nicholas Greenwell (1826–1891) was an English merchant who originally came to Hawaii in 1850. He went back to England in 1867, and returned and married Elizabeth Caroline Hall (1841–1934). They lived in a wooden house, (the foundation is still visible) and had a stone house built that was used as a store since 1870. The building is a simple rectangle about 25 feet (7.6 m) by 55 feet (17 m) with a basement, main floor, and attic. Walls are 24 inches (61 cm) thick, made of stones with mortar.^[2]

Since Greenwell served as Postmaster, the town that grew up around the store was known as Kealakekua, Hawaii, even though the actual traditional land division of that name is further south. The Hawaii Belt Road now runs past the store.

Descendant Norman Leonard Greenwell (1926-1992) and his wife Jean Greenwell (1929–2009) were founders of the Kona Historical society in 1976.^[3] On May 22, 1978, the store was added to the National Register of Historic Places listings on the island of Hawaii as site 78001017.^[1] The society restored the former store to its appearance circa 1875, and opened it as a museum. The store was added as site 10-37-7243 to the state of Hawaii registry of historic places on August 17, 1991.^[4] Another nearby Greenwell property, the Kona Coffee Living History Farm, is also open for tours by the society.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ John C. Wright (January 19, 1974). "Greenwell Store nomination form". National Register of Historic Places. U.S. National Park Service. Retrieved July 17, 2010.
^ Chelsea Jensen (October 16, 2009). "Jean Greenwell, 80, made Kona's history 'her passion'". West Hawaii Today. Retrieved July 16, 2010.
^ "Historic Places in Hawaii County" (PDF). official state web site. Retrieved 2010-04-19.
^ Sheree Chase (February 22, 1994). "Uchida Coffee Farm nomination form". National Register of Historic Places. U.S. National Park Service. Retrieved 2010-03-28.

External links

"Kona Historical Society". official web site. Retrieved July 17, 2010.
"Kona Historical Society Museum". Hawaii web site. Retrieved July 17, 2010.

Greenwell family tree

William Thomas Greenwell
(1777–1856)

Dorothy Smales
(1789–1871)

William Greenwell
(1820–1918)

Dora Greenwell
(1821–1882)^[i]

Francis Greenwell
(1823–1894)
Alan Greenwell
(1824–1914)

Henry Nicholas Greenwell
(1826–1891)^[ii]

Elizabeth Caroline Hall
(1841–1934)

William Henry Greenwell
(1869–1927)

Maud Annandale Johnstone
(1883–1976)

Arthur Leonard Greenwell
(1871–1951)

Francis Radcliffe (Frank) Greenwell
(1876–1966)

Seven others

Norman Leonard Greenwell
(1926-1992)

Jean Greenwell
(1929–2009)

Amy B. H. Greenwell
(1920-1974)

Robert Francis Greenwell
(1911–1992)

"Rally" Greenwell
(1913–2006)

Thomas Frederick Greenwell
(born 1958)

Robert Kelly Greenwell
(born 1941)

Notes:

^ Dorling, William (1885). Memoirs of Dora Greenwell. J. Clarke.
^ "About Greenwell Farms Kona Coffee Farm Hawaii". www.greenwellfarms.com. Retrieved 2020-02-05.

[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.

[focus-2] John C. Wright (January 19, 1974). "Greenwell Store nomination form". National Register of Historic Places. U.S. National Park Service. Retrieved July 17, 2010.

[3] Chelsea Jensen (October 16, 2009). "Jean Greenwell, 80, made Kona's history 'her passion'". West Hawaii Today. Retrieved July 16, 2010.

[4] "Historic Places in Hawaii County" (PDF). official state web site. Retrieved 2010-04-19.

[5] Sheree Chase (February 22, 1994). "Uchida Coffee Farm nomination form". National Register of Historic Places. U.S. National Park Service. Retrieved 2010-03-28.

[6] Dorling, William (1885). Memoirs of Dora Greenwell. J. Clarke.

[7] "About Greenwell Farms Kona Coffee Farm Hawaii". www.greenwellfarms.com. Retrieved 2020-02-05.

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