Kalaupapa National Park, Kalaupapa, Hawaii. County/parish: Kalawao.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places January 07, 1976. NRIS 76002145.
10 contributing buildings. 1 contributing site. 1 contributing structure.Also known as:
Kalaupapa National Historical Park is a United States National Historical Park located in Kalaupapa, Hawaiʻi, on the island of Molokaʻi. Coterminous with the boundaries of Kalawao County and primarily on Kalaupapa peninsula, it was established by Congress in 1980 to expand upon the earlier National Historic Landmark site of the Kalaupapa Leper Settlement. It is administered by the National Park Service. Its goal is to preserve the cultural and physical settings of the two leper colonies on the island of Molokaʻi, which operated from 1866 to 1969 and had a total of 8500 residents over the decades.
Public tours of the settlement were previously available with a permit, but were halted in March 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Tours have not yet resumed, and the park has not announced any plans to restart them. Currently, the Peninsula Overlook, situated high above the settlement within Palaʻau State Park, is the only publicly accessible part of the park. The latest visitation numbers cited by the park are comprised primarily of an estimated number of visitors to this overlook.
More than 7300 people live on the remainder of the island, which was a site of cattle ranching and pineapple production for decades. Much of these lands were purchased and controlled by the owners and developers of Molokai Ranch. This part of the island is also a tourist destination.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63815562