On your right, that Spanish Colonial edifice belongs to the King David Kalakaua Building. It used to go by a less compelling name: The U.S. Post Office, Customhouse, and Courthouse. It was built in the 1920s, and like its old name said, it used to house courtrooms and offices for the U.S. District Court of Hawaii. Now it holds a post office, and offices for the U.S. Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs. The building’s namesake, King David Kalakaua, was the last Hawaiian king, whose reign ended in in the 1890s. And this place wasn’t just arbitrarily named after him. King Kalakaua served as Hawaii’s postmaster before he became king.
Photo “Post Office” by Michael Coghlan is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0
