Community Buildings--Hakalau Upper Camp
For the resident of Hakalau Upper Camp, there was easy access to shopping, entertainment, exercise facilities, social halls or clubhouses, educational and religious facilities. Technically, Hakalau Upper Camp included everything above Mamalahoa Highway (now known as Old Mamalahoa Highway). However, since the camp map below shows some community buildings directly across from "Up Camp" and considered to be part of "Down Camp", these are also included in the pictures below.
Hakalau Store
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The Old Store is Replaced
The original Hakalau Store, replaced in 1928 by the new store. The lumber from the old store was used to build the Hakalau Gym.
Honolulu Star-Bulletin, April 9, 1927, accessed via Newspapers.com
Hakalau Store on the left, Office for the Hakalau Plantation on the right. The design of the store mirrored that of the Office, built in 1927. Photo courtesy of the Lyman Museum
View of the Hakalau Bayside plantation warehouse (left), Hakalau Store (middle) and Office (right) in the 1930s. Photo from the Waichi Ouye Collection, courtesy of his family.
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The New Store Opens
Hakalau Store (Building #12), opened January 27, 1928.
From the Waichi Ouye Collection.
The Honolulu Advertiser, January 24, 1928, page 7, accessed via Newspapers.com
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Hakalau Gym
Hakalau Gym (Building # 34) Built 1928. According to Ken Okimoto in Exploring the Hamakua Coast: A Pictorial Guide to the Plantation Era, the gym was built with lumber taken from the old Hakalau Store, which was dismantled in 1927.
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The Honolulu Advertiser, July 24, 1928, page 7, accessed via Newspapers.com
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Hakalau Theater
Hakalau Theater - Built 1940. Last film shown May 31, 1960. Currently serves as Hakalau Post Office.
Honolulu Star-Bulletin, February 16, 1940, page 8, accessed via Newspapers.com
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The Voice of Hakalau, Vol. 14, No. 6, June, 1960.
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Pool Hall and Old Hakalau Theater
Hakalau Pool Hall (old Hakalau Theater) (Building # 36) Built 1917
Mona Ross, daughter of the Hakalau Store Manager, born in Hakalau circa 1918 and lived there until about 1935, provides insight into Hakalau society at that time:
Hakalau Personnel Office/ILWU Union Hall, Japanese Language School, Aikido Hall
Hakalau Personnel Office/ILWU Union Hall, Japanese Language School, Aikido Hall (Building # 38) - Built 1920
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The Honolulu Advertiser, October 15, 1927, page 11, accessed via Newspapers.com
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Hakalau Jodo Mission
Hakalau Jodo Mission circa 1934
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1936 photo of the new Hakalau Jodo Mission from the Waichi Ouye Collection, courtesy of his family
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Social Hall and Tennis Court
Hakalau Social Clubhouse (Building # 40) Built 1919
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Hakalau Social Clubhouse (Building # 40) Built 1919 and Tennis Court (#39) Court surface refurbished 1926
The Honolulu Advertiser, June 7, 1926, accessed via Newspapers.com
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