Laie Social Hall

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A commemorative site marking the lively 1913 hall that hosted town luaus, dances, movies, and Sunday services.

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Description

Built because the old chapel (I Hemolele) could not accommodate social activities, the hall functioned as an adaptable community anchor. Its layout paired a back kitchen with a stage that had Sunday School and Primary classrooms held underneath. When fire destroyed the chapel in 1940, the building took on regular ward services, weddings, and funerals for nearly a decade.

Later years saw the hall pivot into a youth center, seventh-grade classrooms, and an automotive shop for the Church College of Hawaii. Though the building was razed in 1958, a marker placed nearby in 2006 commemorates its history.


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