The Works Progress Administration (WPA) developed downtown Lahaina’s Banyan Tree Park. The park surrounds an immense banyan tree (a variety of tropic ficus). There is a stone marker in the park that says the WPA built the park, which presumably means… read more
Hale Pa‘ahao (stuck-in-irons house) was Lahaina’s “new” prison, built in the 1850s during the whaling era. The prison has been restored three times, in the 1930s, 1950s and 1970s. The Lahaina Restoration Foundation reports that: “During the 1930s, County of… read more
The Public Works Administration (PWA) awarded $98,627.49 for the Lahaina-Wailuku Belt Road, now known as the Honoapiilani Highway and State 30, running along the south coast of Maui. This was during the early stage of the New Deal when the… read more
The Public Works Administration (PWA) contributed funding for the construction of a sea wall in Lahaina, Maui, during the 1930s. The PWA gave a grant of $8,184 and the cost of the completed project was $18,186. The project was begun… read more