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TMK : ( 3 ) 8- 1- 008 : 004 ' Report No . 827 - 031821 On their arrival in Honolulu,Paris was asked to take a missionary position on Hawai'i Island."After much deliberation and prayer, I accepted the appointment,which was cordially approved by the American Board."(ibid:11). Paris and his bride settled in the Kealakekua area, subsequently raising four children; John Davis Paris Jr. (Figure 11), Ella Hudson Paris(Figure 12), Mary Alleta Paris and Anna Matilda Paris(Figure 13). Reverend Paris constructed numerous churches throughout the island, including Kauaha'ao Church in Wai'ohinu, Hale Halawai o Holualoa(currently the Living Stones Church)along Holualoa Bay,the Hookena Church in South Kona, the Puka'ana Congregational Church in Kealia, and the Kahikolu Congregational Church in Napo'opo'o. Reverend Paris also restored the great stone Meeting House at Kailua originally constructed by the Reverend Asa Thurston in 1836. Paris actively acquired land and by 1863 owned nearly all of Kealakekua and Ka'awaloa Ahupua'a.The Paris family lands were primarily used for cattle and goat ranching. In 1852 Reverend Paris constructed the family's home in a parcel of land seaward of the present project area along Napo'opo'o Road.The property commonly referred to as Mauna'Alani or Orange Hill has been used by members of the Paris family since it was initially constructed(Clark et al. 2011).The house site is comprised of buildings and rock walls and was designated as Site 50-10-47-7250 in 1973 during the Hawai'i Island portion of the Statewide Inventory of Historic Places survey. In 1880, the Reverend sold the family home to his son John Jr, and he and his wife and daughter Ella moved to Honolulu.Following an accident that left Mrs.Paris injured,Reverend Paris decided to relocate back to Hawai'i Island where he constructed a home in upper Ka'awaloa within the present project area (Figure 14). According to Porter (1926): The last eleven years of his life were therefore spent in the upper Kaawaloa home,to this day his daughter dispenses true Kona hospitality. The house was built on the foundations of Kapiolani's home, an old stone dwelling cracked by hundreds of earthquakes, but commanding a matchless view of the South Kona slope and the broad blue sea fifteen hundred feet below. The old stone house,with several acres of rocky hillside,which had been bought by Mr. Paris The property owned by Paris including the project area (see Figure 8) was the Paris' upper Ka'awaloa house. Following the death of the reverend and his wife, the home was operated as the Paris Hotel by his daughter Ella. Kinney (1913:55), describing amenities in the project area vicinity states the following regarding the hotel. "At Konawaena is also Miss Paris'hotel (Rates:3$a day)". The Reverend Paris'great-grandson Mr.William Johnson"Billy"Paris Jr.confirmed that the hotel was once operated by his aunt, Ella Hudson Paris. During an interview by La'i Mitchell for the Hawai'i Cattlemen's Association,he stated the following: "Punahou girls used to dress....0000h really nice.These beautiful girls and the English teacher was ah Mary Porter and we called her "Bloody Mary" [chuckles] but ah she was a good friend of my Aunt Ella Hudson Paris....and she used to come up here and spend quite a bit of time in the summer months at ah on Aunt Ella's home above the Napoopoo junction,the old Paris Hotel"(Hawaii Cattlemen's Council 2020). Uncle Billy Paris died in 2015 at the age of 92. The remnants of the Paris Hotel were destroyed in 2008.At that time the building was in extremely poor condition and held upright primarily by the roots of banyan trees. A series of adjacent features were documented during the present project that are potentially associated with the hotel.These features are designated as components of Site 31147 and are discussed in detail in the Findings section of this report. One of the current owners of the project area, Mr. Robert Cowell, is the great, great-grandson of Thomas Hudson Paris,the brother of the Reverend John Davis Paris.According to Burt(2003:1),Thomas Hudson Paris was involved in numerous land deals in the 1850s in the Onouli area.This area was referred to as Hudson Villa or Hudsonville in HAUN &ASSOCIATES 122