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The uniqueness of this home lies not only in the property itself, but in its location and history. Long before Napili became a destination, this quiet residential pocket was considered a remote corner of Maui, home to only a handful of Hawaiian fishing families.

In the early 1900s the surrounding land became part of Honolua Ranch, where manager David T. Fleming planted extensive orchards in an effort to diversify ranching operations. The historic Honolua Ranch headquarters were located up Office Road, near what is now the The Ritz-Carlton Maui, Kapalua. Across the street, the restaurant at Napili Kai Beach Resort — today known as the Seahouse — originally served as the Honolua Ranch Managers Club, back when there were no hotels along Napili Bay.

During that time my great aunt, Lahela, lived in a house on the very spot where this home stands today. There were only a few neighboring homes then, belonging to other Hawaiian families and ranch managers. Plantation camps were located along what is now Office Road, near today’s resort area. These camps were typically organized by ethnicity, with Hawaiian, Chinese, and Japanese families living in separate communities. The residents worked for Honolua Ranch and later for D.T. Fleming’s plantation and orchard operations.

Napili began its transformation into a vacation destination in the 1960s, when most of the hotels and condominiums seen today were built. Yet the property where this home sits — along with the small cluster of surrounding residences — remains one of the last vestiges of the local community that existed before the ranching era and before Napili’s development as a resort area.

For me, this place is deeply personal. Generations of my family have lived here, and that sense of continuity and history is part of what makes this home so special.