In 1872, King Kamehameha commissioned the building of a palace called Alī’iōlani Hale. This means House of Heavenly Kings. But when it opened two years later, it became the Supreme Court and the home for the legislature. When the Hawaiian monarchy was toppled in 1893, the new Provisional Government renamed it the Court House. Today, Alī’iōlani Hale houses a museum about Hawaii’s historical judiciary and court system.
