Lihiwai: Hawaiʻi’s Most Historic Estate Featured in The Wall Street Journal

The Wall Street Journal doesn’t cover ordinary properties. Recently, it covered Lihiwai.

The feature, which ran in both print and digital editions, tells the story of one of Hawaiʻi’s most significant private residences: a 1920s Spanish Colonial Revival estate in upper Nuʻuanu Valley, built for a territorial governor, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and now on the market for the first time in 15 years.

The Journal reported on the estate’s origins, its construction from shaped blue rock set in concrete, its traditional Hawaiian ʻauwai running open channels to the Nuʻuanu Stream, and the four-year, $13 million restoration carried out by current owners Rich and Brendan Ethington.  “To walk from the kitchen to the master bedroom takes 15 minutes,” Rich told the Journal, “or at least it can feel like it“.

Listing agent Jovanna Giannasio-Fern was quoted in the piece. “This is the clear crown jewel” she said, citing the estate’s history, pedigree, and restoration.

Lihiwai is listed at $22 million. The property was also covered in Pacific Business News. Read the full Wall Street Journal feature here. View the Lihiwai listing here.

For more information, contact Jovanna Giannasio-Fern.