ʻIolani Barracks
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Iolani Barracks
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ʻIolani Barracks
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| Location | Hawaii State Capitol grounds, Honolulu, Hawaii |
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| Coordinates | 21°18′38″N 157°51′41″W / 21.31056°N 157.86139°WCoordinates: 21°18′38″N 157°51′41″W / 21.31056°N 157.86139°W |
| Built | 1870 |
| Architect | Theodore Heuck |
| Part of | Hawaii Capital Historic District (#78001020) |
| Added to NRHP | 1 December 1978 |
ʻIolani Barracks, or hale koa (house [of] warriors) in Hawaiian, was built in 1870, designed by the architect Theodore Heuck, under the direction of King Lot Kapuaiwa. Located directly adjacent to ʻIolani Palace in downtown Honolulu, it housed about 80 members of the monarch's Royal Guard until the overthrow of the Monarchy in 1893. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978 as part of the Hawaii Capital Historic District.
The structure clearly hearkens to the architecture of medieval castles of Europe with its crenelated parapets and towers. It was constructed with 4,000 coral block walls from the same limestone source used to build Kawaiahaʻo Church and the Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace and has a slate roof. It is surrounded by rooms once used by the guards as a mess hall, kitchen, dispensary, berth room, and lockup. ʻIolani Barracks was originally built a block behind (mauka, or inland of) ʻIolani Palace.
On September 6, 1873, growing tensions between the enlisted men and the officers resulted in a mutiny after the Hungarian Captain Joseph Jajczay sent four men to the brig for deserting their post guarding the treasury. On the 6th, Jajczay returned from church to the barracks and was attacked by his own soldiers and the prisoners. When Adjutant General Charles Hastings Judd tried to calm the situation he was also attacked. The mutineers took control of the ʻIolani Barracks and later retrieved and loaded two cannons from near the palace. Authorities decided to wait out the mutiny by surrounding the barracks, but did not attack. On the 9th, King Lunalilo interviewed the mutineers and issued an offer to them; 13 agreed and surrendered. The Hungarian-born Jajczay was replaced by native Hawaiian Major William Luther Moehonua.
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