Elias Bond
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Bond District
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Homestead in 2012
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| Nearest city | Kapaʻau, Hawaii |
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| Coordinates | 20°13′33″N 155°47′33″W / 20.22583°N 155.79250°WCoordinates: 20°13′33″N 155°47′33″W / 20.22583°N 155.79250°W |
| Area | 61.8 acres (25.0 ha) |
| Built | 1844 |
| Architect | Isaac Bliss, Elias Bond |
| NRHP Reference # | 78001016 |
| Added to NRHP | March 30, 1978 |
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August 19, 1813 Hallowell, Maine |
| Died | July 24, 1896 (aged 82) Hilo, Hawaii |
| Occupation | Missionary, Teacher |
| Spouse(s) | Ellen Mariner Howell |
| Children | 9 |
| Parent(s) | Elias Bond Rebecca Davis |
The Bond District is a collection of historic buildings located in the district of North Kohala on the island of Hawaii. The district has three sections: the homestead of missionaries Ellen and Reverend Elias Bond (1813–1896), Kalahikiola Church, and the Kohala Seminary.
Elias Bond was born in Hallowell, Maine on August 19, 1813. His father was also named Elias Bond (1774–1864), son of Colonel William Bond who served in the American Revolutionary War, and his mother was Rebecca Davis. He graduated from Bowdoin College in Maine in 1837, and from Bangor Theological Seminary in 1840. He married Ellen Mariner Howell September 29, 1840 in Hallowell, Maine and was ordained the following day. The Bonds had 11 children born in Hawaii (but only 9 lived to adulthood). Mrs. Bond died May 12, 1881 and Reverend Bond died July 24, 1896.
The Bonds sailed on the ship Gloucester from Boston November 14, 1840 with the Ninth Company from the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. The ship arrived in Honolulu in May 1841 where he observed the construction of Kawaiahaʻo Church. They were assigned a remote outpost on the northern coast of the Big Island of Hawaiʻi, in the area known as the Kohala district.
An earlier missionary to Kohala, Reverend Isaac Bliss (1804–1851), had just completed building the main house for the homestead compound when the Bonds arrived in June 1841. Bond described it as made from "native wood and plaster on stone foundation with a good cellar." By 1842 he had expanded it to about 40 feet (12 m) by 36 feet (11 m).
The next addition was built of stonework similar to the Kawaiahaʻo Church. The fieldstones were held together with burned coral mortar, to add a wash house, foundations for a woodshed and carpenter sheds, an archway, and courtyard walls, all around a large open space. Around 1845 a kitchen wing was added, with a stone foundation and wooden walls.
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