Ināʻoe e laʻau ana i Broadway ma Lawrence, Long Island, Niu Ioka, he mea maʻalahiʻole e haʻalele i ka Hale Hōʻikeʻikeʻo Rock Hall, akā, e hele anaʻoe i kekahi o nā waiwai huna o Nassau County. Mai ke alanui pīhoihoi, ua kūkuluʻia ka hale kākela o Georgian i ka makahiki 1767 a ua hoʻihoʻiʻia i kona hanohano kahiko a ua haʻaheoʻia ma ka National Register of Places Historic Places. I ka mea'ē aʻe,ʻoluʻolu loa ka hoʻonaninaniʻana.
Ua kūkuluʻia no kaʻohana o Iosia Martin,ʻo ka hale a me nā kahua e pili ana i ka manawa ma hope mai ka hale o kaʻohana Hewlett a lilo i hale kūʻai no nā mea a pau e hauʻoli ai.
Ma ka awakea awakea, ua hele au i ka hale, me ka'ōlelo hoʻopuka i hāʻawiʻia e Matthew Blum, he mea kōkua punaewele nāna i lawe mai i nā mea nui e pili ana i nāʻohana i noho ma kēia hale nani, a me nā mea hana a me nā mea hana e hoʻonani ai roto.
Uaʻike au e hānauʻia ka mea waiwai mua o Rock Hall,ʻo Iosia Martin, ma Antigua , ma ka Caribbean, kahi i mālamaʻia ai kona makuakāne e ka mea kanu ulu. I ko Iosia wā'ōpio, ua pepehiʻia kona makuakāne e nā kauā i ka wā i ho'āʻo aiʻo Mr. Martin e hoʻoikaika iā lākou e hana i ka lā Kalikimaka. Ua holomua ka makuahine o Iosia e pakele mai ka mahi kanu me kāna keiki a me nā keiki'ē aʻe.
Ma keʻano he kanaka makua, ua liloʻo Iosia Martin i ka mea kanu a kona makuakāne. I kona maleʻana a he makua kāne hoʻiʻo ia, ua hoʻoneʻeʻo ia i konaʻohana i Niu Ioka, a noho ihola ma ia wahi no ka paleʻana i nā maʻi maʻi liʻiliʻi i hōʻeha i New York i kēlā manawa. Akā naʻe, ua kokoke loaʻo ia i ka mea kālepa o Martin i ke kūlanakauhale, i mea eʻikeʻia ai nā mea pili i ke kanu.
Ua hānauʻia nā hanauna o Martins a hānaiʻia ma loko o kēia hale keʻokeʻo nani me nā papaʻelua, a ua konoʻia nā malihini he nui i kaʻahaʻaina i nāʻahaʻaina a me nā mea e noho nei maanei. I kūkuluʻia i ka makahiki 1767, he'āina maikaʻi loa ka Rock Hall kahi i hōʻike iā Martin e like me ke kanaka pōmaikaʻi.
Me nā papaʻelua a me nā hoʻokiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe - heʻano i manaʻoʻia he hoʻonui i ka manawa i hoʻolimalimaʻia ka hoʻolālāʻana -ʻo ka hale hale aliʻi o Georgian e pili ana i ka mea kaulike. ʻO kekahi puka waena a me ke alanui e kauʻia e nā lumi ma kēlā me kēiaʻaoʻao. E waihoʻia nā puka nui ma ka lā a me ka hale ma kahi 600 mauʻeka. (Ke kūkulu nei ka hale hoʻokipa iʻekolu mauʻeka.)
ʻO ka hale i kahi manawa he hapalua maila mai ka wai e hoʻolālā ai i nā makani hauʻoli i ke kauwela. (ʻO Reynolds Channel i kēia manawa he mile hoʻokahi no ka hoʻohaʻahaʻaʻana.)
Hōʻike ka kiʻi ma luna i ka lumi hale. ʻO John Mario Singleton Copley, kahi moʻopuna punahele a Iosia,ʻo iaʻo Emma Elizabeth, kahi i hoʻolimalimaʻia e pena i kona kiʻi. Ua kaulanaʻo Copley i keʻano o kekahi o nā kiʻi kiʻiʻoi loa o kona manawa. Aia kekahi kiʻi nui o ke kiʻi kumu ma luna aʻe o kahi kapuahi. (Ua kūʻaiʻia ka pena maoli a ke hōʻikeʻia nei i ke Addison Gallery o American Art ma Phillips Academy ma Andover, Massachusetts.)
ʻO kēia keena malihini mai kahi o ka manawa hauʻoli no ka Martins a me kā lākou i konoʻia ai nā hoaaloha a me nāʻohana. Ma loko o kēia keʻena, e hoʻokaniʻia nā mele no ka hōʻuluʻulu nuiʻana a me ka liʻiliʻi,ʻoiai e'ā ana ke ahi i loko o ka lumi ahi. Hiki i nā mea hana likeʻole no nā hoʻokipa mele. ʻO ka hapa i loko o ke keenaʻo ia ka mea mua a kaʻohana Martin.
I ka hoʻokumuʻana o Rock Hall ma ka hopena o ka makahiki 1700, ua mālamaʻia nā meaʻai i loko o ka hale. Ma ka Hale Hōʻikeʻikeʻo Rock Today, he hōʻike e hōʻike ana i ka mālamaʻiaʻana o nā meaʻai a me nā huaʻai i loko o ka hale hoʻokipa. ʻO kēia "kīhini hoʻolālā" kahi kahi e noho ai nā kauā noho a Martin a ma hope aku,ʻo nā kauā o Hewlett - e kāhiko i nā mea i hoʻolapalapaʻia i loko o ke kīhini waho waho.
ʻO ka mahana mālie o ka hale hoʻolālā ua lilo ia i wahi e mālama ai i kaʻaila a me kaʻoi aku.
Aiaʻo Rock Hall Museum ma 199 Broadway, Lawrence, NY (ma kahi o Lawrence Middle School.)ʻO ka helu kelepona (516) 239-1157. Ke weheʻia ka hale hōʻikeʻike mai ka Pōʻakolu ma ka hola Hebedoma i ka hola 10 a hiki i ka holaʻehā, a me ka Sābati mai ka lā awakea a hiki i ka holaʻehā. Ke paniʻia nei i ka lā Lā a me ka Pōʻalua.