Wo Hing Society Hall
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The Wo Hing Society Hall (Chinese: 和興會館; Jyutping: Wo4 Hing1 Wui6 Gun2) was a building located at 858 Front Street in the Lahaina Historic District in Lahaina, Hawaii. Built around 1912, it served the growing Chinese population centered in Lahaina, primarily those working in the sugarcane industry as a social and fraternal hall for the Wo Hing Society. By the 1940s the declining Chinese population in Lahaina slowly made the building redundant and the property was neglected.
Wo Hing Society Building | |
Front facade and entrance, October 2007. | |
Location | 848 Front St., Lahaina, Hawaii |
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Coordinates | 20°52′35″N 156°40′49.6″W |
Built | 1912 |
Architect | Chee Kung Tong Fraternal Society |
Architectural style | Chinese Feng Shui principles |
MPS | Chinese Tong Houses of Maui Island TR |
NRHP reference No. | 82000173[1] |
HRHP No. | 50-50-10-01615[2] |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | November 15, 1982 |
Designated HRHP | July 30, 1982 |
In 1983, the Lahaina Restoration Foundation worked with the Wo Hing Society to restore the building to its former appearance. After restoration and construction in 1984, the museum was opened to the public. It operated under the name Wo Hing Museum and was one of only two existing Chinese Society Halls on Maui. It was placed on the Hawaii State Register of Historic Places on July 30, 1982, and, as Wo Hing Society Building, was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 15, 1982.
In August 2023, Wo Hing Society Hall was destroyed by the 2023 Hawaii wildfires.[3]