HONOLULU (KHON2) — In the ahupuaʻa of Honolulu, which lies in the moku of Kona here on Oʻahu, stands a busy roadway named in honor of the wife to the King. We are speaking of Queen St.

On August 30, 1850, the first 35 streets throughout Honolulu received their official names.

King St, one of the oldest roads in Honolulu

While some streets no longer exist due to either development or absorption by another, some still remain.  

Queen Street was named in honor of Queen Kalama, wife to King Kamehameha III who the was monarch at the time.

It was the progressive newspaper “Sandwich Island Gazette” that proposed the name Queen St.

Prior to this name, this roadway was called Sea Street as it once ran closer to the ocean, where much of the area has since been filled in.

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Queen Kalama once owned the lands which are now covered by piers and what is now known as Irwin Memorial Park.

She was one of many Queen Consorts of Hawaiʻi aside from the Kingdom’s only ruling Queen.

King Kamehameha I, the father of the Hawaiian Kingdom, had many wives, but Queen Kaʻahumanu was his favorite.

King Kamehameha II, named Liholiho, was noted to have 5 wives with his favorite being Queen Kamāmalu, who both died in London. 

Queen Kalama was wife of King Kamehameha III, and Queen Emma was the wife to King Kamehameha IV.

The following ruling monarchs, King Kamehameha V and King William Charles Lunalilo, failed to marry.

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Queen Kapiʻolani was the wife of King David Kalākaua, whose sister was his successor and last ruling monarch, Queen Liliʻuokalani.

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