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Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Greenwell_Store > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Greenwell_Store.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwell_Store > Source revision: 1345492184 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Historic store in Hawaii County, Hawaii}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox NRHP | name = Greenwell Store | nrhp_type = | image = Greenwell Store.jpg | caption = Built circa 1870 | location = [Hawaii Belt Road](/source/Hawaii_Belt_Road), [Kealakekua, Hawaii](/source/Kealakekua%2C_Hawaii) | coordinates = {{coord|19|30|37|N|155|55|12|W|display=inline,title}} | locmapin = Hawaii | built = {{start date and age|1870}} | architect = | architecture = | added = May 22, 1978 | area = {{convert|1|acre}} | refnum = 78001017{{NRISref|2009a}} }} The '''Greenwell Store''' is a historic building now run as a museum by the Kona Historical Society. ==History== [Henry Nicholas Greenwell](/source/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 {{convert|25|ft}} by {{convert|55|ft}} with a basement, main floor, and attic. Walls are {{convert|24|inch|cm}} thick, made of stones with mortar.{{cite web |title= Greenwell Store nomination form |author= John C. Wright |work= National Register of Historic Places |date= January 19, 1974 |publisher= U.S. National Park Service |url= {{NRHP url|id=78001017}} |accessdate= July 17, 2010 }} Since Greenwell served as Postmaster, the town that grew up around the store was known as [Kealakekua, Hawaii](/source/Kealakekua%2C_Hawaii), even though the actual traditional land division of that name is further south. The [Hawaii Belt Road](/source/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.{{cite news |title= Jean Greenwell, 80, made Kona's history 'her passion' |author= Chelsea Jensen |newspaper= [West Hawaii Today](/source/West_Hawaii_Today) |date= October 16, 2009 |url= http://www.westhawaiitoday.com/articles/2009/10/16/local/local05.prt |accessdate= July 16, 2010 }} On May 22, 1978, the store was added to the [National Register of Historic Places listings on the island of Hawaii](/source/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_on_the_island_of_Hawaii) as site 78001017. 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](/source/Hawaii) [registry of historic places](/source/Hawai%CA%BBi_Register_of_Historic_Places) on August 17, 1991.{{cite web |url=http://hawaii.gov/dlnr/hpd/register/reghaw.pdf |title=Historic Places in Hawaii County |work=official state web site |accessdate= 2010-04-19 }} Another nearby Greenwell property, the [Kona Coffee Living History Farm](/source/Kona_Coffee_Living_History_Farm), is also open for tours by the society.{{cite web |title= Uchida Coffee Farm nomination form |author= Sheree Chase |work= National Register of Historic Places |date= February 22, 1994 |publisher= U.S. National Park Service |url= {{NRHP url|id=94001621}} |accessdate= 2010-03-28 }} ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * {{cite web |title= Kona Historical Society |work= official web site |url= http://www.konahistorical.org/ |accessdate= July 17, 2010}} * {{cite web |title= Kona Historical Society Museum |work= Hawaii web site |url= http://www.hawaiiweb.com/hawaii/html/sites/kona_historical_society_museum.html |accessdate= July 17, 2010}} {{clear}} ==Greenwell family tree== {{Greenwell family tree}} {{National Register of Historic Places}} Category:Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Hawaii Category:Houses completed in 1870 Category:Buildings and structures in Hawaii County, Hawaii Category:Agriculture in Hawaii Category:Living museums in Hawaii Category:Museums in Hawaii County, Hawaii Category:Retail buildings in Hawaii Category:1870 establishments in Hawaii Category:Rural history museums in Hawaii Category:Houses in Hawaii County, Hawaii Category:National Register of Historic Places in Hawaii County, Hawaii Category:Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Hawaii Category:Commercial buildings completed in 1870 --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Greenwell Store](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwell_Store) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwell_Store?action=history)). 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