He died at age 24 while visiting relatives in New York, after falling ill and undergoing surgery for appendicitis.

[4] Fred was "handsome and charismatic," the most popular of his siblings, and had aspired to manage Haleakala Ranch.

[3] Many people lined the roads as his coffin was carried from Kahului Harbor up to the family home at Olinda.

[5] In 1910–1911, Kahului Railroad Company construction crews built the original five buildings in a U-shaped plan around a central lawn and landscape garden.

The wooden buildings reflect a primarily American Craftsman style, but with some Neo-classical and vernacular Japanese details.