Waiola Church

Waiola Church and Cemetery in Lāhainā is the site of a historic mission established in 1823 on the island of Maui in Hawaiʻi.

Originally called Waineʻe Church until 1953, the cemetery is the final resting place for early members of the royal family of the Kingdom of Hawaii.

In 1828, island Governor Hoapili supported the building of a stone and wood structure.

The Christian church was built adjacent to a pond surrounding an island called Mokuʻula, which was sacred to traditional Hawaiian religion and residence of the king.

[7] Waineʻe (moving water) served as the church for the Hawaiian royal family during the time when Lahaina was the Kingdom's capital, from the 1820 through the mid-1840s.

[5][8] Another building called Hale Halewai (meeting house) was built a few blocks to the northwest around the same time.

In the 1950s, a wind storm knocked down the bell tower of Hale Aloha and damaged the Waineʻe Church.