Restored version of Stevenson hut rises in Manoa

By Sarah Zoellick

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Jun 22, 2012

~~<p>A small piece of history tucked away in Manoa — a grass hut that once housed author Robert Louis Stevenson during his late 19th century trips to Hawaii — is now restored and reopened to the public after being flattened by a strong windstorm nearly nine years ago.</p>
<p>A dedication ceremony held Thursday on The Salvation Army grounds behind the Wai‘oli Tea Room included a Hawaiian blessing for the new hut that once stood near the home of Princess Miriam Likelike and her husband, Archibald Cleghorn, on land in Waikiki that is now the International Marketplace.</p>
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A small piece of history tucked away in Manoa — a grass hut that once housed author Robert Louis Stevenson during his late 19th century trips to Hawaii — is now restored and reopened to the public after being flattened by a strong windstorm nearly nine years ago.

A dedication ceremony held Thursday on The Salvation Army grounds behind the Wai‘oli Tea Room included a Hawaiian blessing for the new hut that once stood near the home of Princess Miriam Likelike and her husband, Archibald Cleghorn, on land in Waikiki that is now the International Marketplace. Login for more...