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La Pietra, Poni Moi Road, Diamond Head, Honolulu, Honolulu County, HI

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Significance: An imposing Mediterranean Revival mansion built by a prosperous and influential descendant of an early missionary family: Walter F. Dillingham. For more than four decades a great social center of the Hawaiian Islands; many prominent visitors were entertained here.

Survey number: HABS HI-30

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1950 - 1970
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No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html

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