1890: King David Kalākaua chartered the predecessor of the Pioneer Federal Savings Bank.
The property had been foreclosed upon by First Hawaiian Bank, when it was realized a Senior Vice President of the Bank was a descendant of Keakealaniwahine.
Bishop had founded the first bank in the Hawaiian Islands, called, appropriately, First Hawaiian Bank.
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Charles Reed Bishop, a philanthropist and co-founder of Kamehameha Schools and First Hawaiian Bank, built the museum in memory of his late wife, Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop.