"Five minutes by car from the center of Honolulu stands what was once the mountain home of Hawaii's Queen Emma, wife of King Kamehameha IV. Maintained by the Daughters of Hawaii, the summer retreat is preserved in a charming Hawaiian-Victorian setting. Queen Emma, born in 1836, was one of the earliest symbols of the islands' cosmopolitan culture, for she was descended both from Hawaiian chieftains and from John Young, an Englishman who became the friend and advisor of the great Kamehameha I.

A past era comes alive at Queen Emma Summer Palace in historic Nu`uanu Valley. Named Hanaiakamalama after the ancestral home of John Young II, son of the Englishman who was an advisor to Kamehameha I, it was willed to his favorite niece, Queen Emma, in 1857.

The estate served as a royal retreat for Queen Emma, her husband, King Kamehameha IV, and their son, Prince Albert Edward.

A reflection of the queen's Hawaiian and British heritage, Queen Emma Summer Palace houses Victorian and Hawaiian treasures, and features rare artifacts and personal memorabilia of Hawai`i's royalty."

Taken from the Daughters of Hawaii website.