A morning walk to town that turns into an eye catching historical stroll. Of course there are the sites in town I visited in 2019 but this time, now staying nearer to Kailua where walking is an option I’ve noticed much more. Wai’aha Beach Park (Honl’s Beach) and the Walter Irving Henderson Beach House.
Reading more about Tom Morey (1935-2021) I found a fascinating biography of a creative, curious, intelligent person. Starting at age 11 playing drums at public events to still having ideas turned into new inventions into his 80’s. https://today.usc.edu/tom-morey-obituary-boogie-board-inventor-usc-alum/
Also a bit of Island history:
Not a thousand feet south I find myself looking at:
The Walter and Jean Henderson Beach House (75-5944 Ali’i Drive). Researching it’s history I discover the Henderson’s emigrated to Hilo, HI in 1923 from Scotland (if interested in their house at Hilo look here: 82 Halaulani Place). Henderson was an accountant (as was his son and now grandson). In the late 1940’s Walter and Jean purchased a dilapidated run down building sitting on an ocean front lot just south of Kailua Town to be turned into their beach house on the leeward side of Hawai’i. They hired Vladimir Ossipoff a respected Island architect to take what was left of the standing stone walls of this once small Catholic church (1864) make repairs and add the second floor to them. (Note: the family still owns both houses and a vacant lot next to the beach house and where the boat house sits in the photo.) See here for more: https://historichawaii.org/2016/03/21/75-5944-alii-drive-walter-irving-henderson-house/
The Henderson’s Hilo homestead: https://historichawaii.org/2014/02/14/walter-irving-and-jean-henderson-residence/
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so much to see, I didn’t know!
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Who knew?! Boogie as in jazz boogie. Newspaper wrapping.
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