Big Island · Hilo

Shipman House

Shipman House
Photo: brewbooks from near Seattle, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0

The Shipman House is a wooden Victorian / Eastlake mansion at 131 Kaʻiulani Street, Hilo, built 1899-1900 by William Herbert Shipman (1854–1943, Hilo cattle…

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How to visit

The Shipman House is an active B&B operated by family descendants — visiting requires booking a stay or attending a scheduled tour or tea program. Do not walk up uninvited. The interior holds period furniture and Liliʻuokalani's piano; do not touch antique furnishings; photograph without flash. The building is 125+ years old and continuously family-occupied; treat it with the care that age and continuity deserve. The house is on the National Register of Historic Places.

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