Lahaina retains much of the ambience and many of the structures of earlier times and is a mecca for shoppers and bon vivants.
Square, and inevitably sample the souvenir marts and seaside res- taurants on Front Street, they can take some time to experience a living record of Maui’s past. Sites along the historical tour route include buildings such as the Baldwin Home (built in 1835, the oldest standing building in Lahaina) and the Richards House, which initially were both residences of missionaries and havens providing services for Hawaiians and whal- ers. The missionaries who sought to improve the seamen’s moral fiber were often unsuccessful in this endeavor. (The old Canal Fort was built largely to defend churchmen from the cannons of whalers furious at laws restricting what churchmen considered their more unsavory pursuits.) But by the 1830s, more pious whaling ship
King Kamehameha III had a retreat built for himself, but leased it to be used as the Seamen’s Hospital in 1833 to help the crews and captains of the whaling ships.
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PHOTO: MAUI VISITORS AND CONVENTION BUREAU
PHOTO: JOHN ELK/GETTY
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