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King Kamehameha Golf
Club, Waikapu, Maui, Hawaii -
Frank Lloyd Wright - 1949
The clubhouse at this
posh, two-course club near
Wailea was based on a luxury
home design originally drafted
by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1949
for another client and revised
in 1957 for Marilyn Monroe and
her then-husband, playwright
Arthur Miler. The project died
after their marriage went down
in flames. The design languished
until a group of Japanese
investors contracted with
Taliesin West, the architectural
studio that FLW founded for the
design right. It cost $27
million to complete and was
finished in 1993 but has been
closed to the public when the
original club closed.
According to the new owners'
website, Frank Lloyd Wright,
drew the original plans in 1949
as a concept for a 7,000 sq. ft.
luxury home in Fort Worth,
Texas. However, the plans were
never used until 1988 that the
archived plans were enlarged and
adapted to build the 74,000 sq.
ft. clubhouse on the slopes of
Waikapu, Maui. It was completed
and opened for business in 1993.
The former owners and operators
closed the golf course and
clubhouse in 1999, due to the
downturn of the economy. The
property was abandoned and
neglected for nearly six years,
except the large rooms were
still used for banquet
functions.
In
July 2004, the property was
purchased by the current owner.
Renovation of the golf course
and clubhouse took approximately
18 months before it reopened in
May 2006 as Maui's first 18-hole
member golf club.
See
Wall Street Journal Article by
BRETT CAMPBELL, April 19, 2007;
Wall Street Journal:
Page D8
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