Honolulu Sailor's Home

The Honolulu Sailor's Home is a non-profit lodge for international merchant seamen.

Originally located on Bethel Street adjacent to the Port of Honolulu, it is now located one block away at 707 Alakea Street The original grant included a clause "that no intoxicating liquors shall be drank on the premises", and "no women of lewd character admitted".

[1] Hawaiian King Kamehameha IV laid the cornerstone for the home with "appropriate ceremonies" on Restoration Day, July 31, 1855.

On September 11, 1856, the home was officially opened as lodging for merchant seaman.

[4] Sailors who died on the island without family were buried in the Oahu Cemetery, in a plot purchased for that purpose.