Lahaina - Old Courthouse

A bad storm in 1858 destroyed more than 20 houses in Lahaina, including Hale Piula (the courthouse) which King Kamehameha III had built and also used as a palace. A year later a new courthouse was built using stones from the old one and for a year it served as the center of justice for Maui County. Today it accommodates the Lahaina Art Society Gallery and the police station.

It was here in 1898 that the Hawaiian flag was lowered and the American flag raised to mark the annexation of Hawaii by the United States.