Big Island rancher W. H. “Willie” Shipman purchased this graceful, secluded Victorian high above Hilo Bay for the grand sum of $13,000 in 1901. The house has entertained marquee guests ever since. During a 1907 tour of the South Pacific, writer Jack London and his wife stayed for five weeks there. (Hilo lacked a single hotels at the time.) Queen Liliuokalani, Hawaii’s last monarch and a noted musician, tinkled the ivories…
