Hawaii Estate Has Ties To Civil War Vet!

Hawaii Estate Has Ties To Civil War Vet!

Hawaii Estate Has Ties To Civil War Vet!

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If you ever wondered what the true Hawaii was like after spending a week at Waikiki or after running to the Safeway in Kailua from your designer home on Kailua beach? The true ancient Hawaiian spirit is still very much alive today at Valley House estate on the Garden Isle of Kauai. When Civil War Veteran, Colonel Zephaniah Smith Spalding was summoned to Kauai in 1878 by King Kalakaua to start Kauai’s sugarcane industry, it is unlikely that he or his family knew they were moving to the Garden of Eden. Once there he purchased 11,000 acres of land and by 1880 he finished his estate and called his home The Valley House. The Colonel was known for his lavish entertaining of aristocrats and King Kalakaua and his royal procession traversed the 125-year-old bridge and up the Italian cobbled drive numerous times over the years.

Though Colonel Spalding’s grand Victorian house is gone and the estate now encompasses 200 acres rather than the original 11,000, the paradise of nature abounds with spectacular beauty in its two landmark waterfalls, natural rain forest, half-acre lily pond, all manner of organic tropical fruit trees and an orchid house with peacocks strolling through the grounds. It also has the oldest established lychee grove in the islands with their divine little grape-like hard shelled fruits. Now with three lovely homes, the 2006 main house, Cistern House, the 2004 Valley House up on a hill with views of waterfall and ocean, and a duplex, Gate House, currently serving as half office and half guest house.

Knowing that film scouts are always looking for the best of the world’s locations, it’s not surprising that the estate has been the location for films such as Pirates of the Caribbean, Romancing the Stone, Jurassic Park, Tropic Thunder, and George of the Jungle. The stunning waterfalls, their pools and cave behind the falls have had unforgettable roles in many of the films. For more information.

Kauai’s most important historical estate, exuding the true spirit of Old Hawaii, but with three recently built romantic homes that overlook nature’s ultimate paradise. Now asking $24 million.

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