Volcano · Hawaiʻi Island: Volcano
Volcano Village Estates
The Johnston Summer Residence of 1931–32, on the Hawaiʻi Register of Historic Places; book a main-house suite or older cottage, not a 2015 bungalow.
- Built
- 1931Main house (the inn's 'Dillingham House') built 1931 and completed 1932 as the Johnston Summer Residence; the former maid's quarters, now a honeymoon cottage, was built in 1930. Five bungalows were added in 2015.
- Style
- Queen Anne (one-story, with an octagonal turret)
- Type
- B&B
- Area
- Hawaiʻi Island: Volcano
- Credentials
- Local landmark
The story
The Johnston Summer Residence, a main house, maid’s quarters and two-story carriage house set in a Japanese garden, is one of the few known residential projects of landscape architects Kanichi and Fujino Nakamoto, who also landscaped Liliʻuokalani Gardens in Hilo. The main house, built 1931-32, is an unusual late example of the Queen Anne style, with an octagonal turret, fish-scale shingles and diamond casement windows. It is significant for Volcano’s development as a summer retreat for well-to-do island families. Owner Michael D. Tuttle prepared the register nomination in 1995, when the property was already known as Hale Ohia Cottages; it now operates as Volcano Village Estates.
Good to know
- Breakfast: available
- Address: 11-3968 Hale Ohia Road, Volcano, HI 96785
Things to do
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Sources (4)
- https://historichawaii.org/wp-content/uploads/Hawaii_Volcano_HaleOhiaRoad_11-3968.pdf
- https://web.archive.org/web/20110615120455/http://hawaii.gov/dlnr/hpd/register/reghaw.pdf
- https://historichawaii.org/historic-property-hi/11-3968-hale-ohia-road/
- https://volcanovillageestates.com/about-big-island-bed-and-breakfast
Last verified October 2026. Details change; confirm with the inn before you book.