United States · 19th century
Washington Place is a Greek Revival palace in the Hawaii Capital Historic District in Honolulu, Hawaii. It was where Queen Liliʻuokalani was arrested during the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom. Later it became the official residence of the governor of Hawaii. In 2007, it was designated as a National Historic Landmark. The current governor's residence was built in 2008 behind the historic residence and is located on the same grounds as Washington Place.
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Washington Place ranks #2,025 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #35 of the 110 mapped in United States. Founded 1847, it is older than 8% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 717 atlas entries founded in the 19th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 4,206 times in the last 60 days, more than 84% of the atlas. 1 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. See how United States compares in the castle statistics.
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