Wailea Mill Camp Homes #341-347,
Along [Old] Mamalahoa Highway
On the mauka side of Wailea Mill Camp and [Old] Mamalahoa Highway are the houses for the plantation manager and the superintendents. Each is shown below with details. Our information about who lived in the houses is incomplete. If you have additional information, please CONTACT US!
Wailea Mill Camp #341, Built 1940. The first occupants were Mr. and Mrs. August Costa. They probably lived in this house until April 1946, when they moved to California. This house still exists.
In the early 1960s, according to Hakalau Plantation records, Daniel Melarky lived here.
Wailea Mill Camp #342, built 1921--This was a home for a superintendent. Frank Toledo, August Costa's brother-in-law and storekeeper for the Wailea Milling Company, lived here during the lifetime of the organization. This house still exists.
In the period 1954-1959, the harvesting superintendent, Robert Forbes, and his family lived here.
The Forbes' were followed by harvesting superintendent William Gillespie, and his family.
Wailea Mill Camp #343, built 1927--Peter Costa, brother of August Costa and head mechanic for the company, lived their during the life of the Wailea Milling Company. Hakalau Plantation Records show that Clinton Chock lived there in the early 1960s. This house still exists.
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Immediately across Mamalahoa Highway (what we now call Old Mamalahoa Highway) were a garage, the Wailea Milling Company store and offices, and four houses.
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The garage (Building #54) was convenient for management, i.e., directly across from their homes.
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Building the Wailea Mill Store and Office, circa 1919-1920. Photo courtesy of the Lyman Museum
Wailea Store and Wailea Milling Company Offices, with safe in back, built __. Photo courtesy of Marjorie Oda-Burns, granddaughter of Satoru Kurisu, Vice President of Wailea Milling Company.
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The vault from the Wailea Store still exists (2021). Photo courtesy of Susan Forbes
Real estate photo from 2020 showing outline of the foundation of the Wailea Mill Store and Office
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The four homes along [Old] Mamalahoa Highway were built in 1923 (1), 1927 (2), and 1938 (1). There is no picture available for Wailea Mill Camp #344, nor does it appear on the Hakalau Plantation's listing of properties from the early 1960s. Based on the map produced for the Hakalau School and Community Reunion, it appears that this house may have been occupied by either the Sugar Boiler Nunes followed by Otake or the Engineer Vierra followed by Otake.
Wailea Mill Camp #345, built 1923--Based on the map produced for the Hakalau School and Community Reunion, this house may have been occupied by either the Sugar Boiler Nunes followed by Otake or the Engineer Vierra followed by Otake. In the Hakalau Plantation's listing from the early 1960's, no occupants were listed.
Wailea Mill Camp #346, built 1927--Singlemen's Quarters. Note: #353 in the background.
Wailea Mill Camp #347, built 1927--Singlemen's Quarters. Note: #348 in the background.