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Help us Stop the Rust and Revive a Rare Piece of Hawai’ian – German History!
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In 1849 German Entrepreneur Heinrich Hackfeld arrived in Hawai’i and founded his empire. 50 years later he celebrated the half-century anniversary and had this gate built to commemorate the occasion.
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The gate outlasted the company and the glory of the past. After 120 years it is time to refurbish and polish off the years. Let’s recognize the German-Hawai’ian collaboration and common business interests. Hackfeld, Pflueger, Isenberg, Spreckels, Ehlers, von Hamm and many other were part of Hawai’i’s formative years. Many stories need telling and the gate opens an everlasting window to our past. It is time to preserve the legacy.
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Be part of the Preservation of Hawai’ian and German History and Donate here!
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H. Hackfeld & Co
The H. Hackfeld and Company was founded by Heinrich Hackfeld and his brother in law J.C. Pflueger in 1849. It was one of the Big Five companies in Hawaii. It owned 60,000 acres of land, and was a dominant sugar company in Hawaii as well the founder of the Hackfeld Department Store. It was seized by the US government during WWI as a German asset and sold to American Factors Inc in 1918. The company changed its name to Amfac in 1966.
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HEINRICH HACKFELD
J. C. PFLUEGER
JOHANN HACKFELD
HENRY BERGER
ADMIRAL KARL BOY-ED
PAUL INSBERG
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The Old Courthouse
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It was a two-story coral stone building, 56 x 75 feet, with a one-story Classical portico in front (NW); across the back, there was a one-story adjunct. The building provided office space, a hall for the legislative assembly, and a Supreme Courtroom, originally with a 30-foot ceiling. Remodeling in the 1850s added more office space, and warehouse storage in the basement for Customs. The large rooms were also used for public meetings, fairs and fancy dress balls. In 1874 the Courthouse was the scene of the riot triggered by the election of Kalakaua as king. With the removal of governmental offices to Aliiolani Hale later that year, the building was sold to the mercantile firm of H. Hackfeld & Co.; it was remodeled on the interior, and between 1885 and 1891 the building was enlarged to two stories in the rear to provide more space for office and warehouse use. The front portico was removed about the turn of the century. The building was then used by American Factors Ltd. for office space and demolished in the 1970s to make room for two office towers.
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