Pulehu

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Pulehu, Hawaii, church chapel

Abstract

Pulehu Chapel, Pepper Tree and Kula Monument On the slopes of Haleakala is the community of Pulehu. Located there is a small wooden chapel which is probably the oldest LDS chapel in Hawaii. This little chapel is near where some of the first baptisms in Hawaii took place. “This property came into the hands of the Church when Kiki the daughter of Kaala, through a proclamation dated July 16, 1903 conveyed two acres of a former three acre parcel to the Church ‘for . . .the good works and advancement of the gospel of the kingdom of Jesus on this earth’ and as ‘a place where the chapel would stand for the worshipping of Jehovah, Most High God.’” An earlier structure was built that was a small rectangular building. It was then replaced by the building that now stands here which was dedicated by Hawaiian Mission President Samuel Woolley in 1912. Inside the chapel there is a stand which is elevated two steps above the floor. There is no microphone nor any need for one. A few rows of pews extend from the stand with two windows on each side wall.1

BYU ScholarsArchive Citation

(2012) "Pulehu," Mormon Pacific Historical Society: Vol. 33, Article 11.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/mphs/vol33/iss1/11