The Scottish Rite was established in the Hawaiian Islands by John Owen Dominis and King Kalakaua in 1874 (both Scottish Rite Freemasons). 49 years later, in 1923, the cornerstone of the Honolulu Scottish Rite Cathedral was laid by Lester Petrie (former Honolulu Mayor), becoming the home of Scottish Rite Freemasonry in Honolulu, Hawai’i. Its members have included Prince of the Hawaiian Kingdom, Prince William Pitt Leleiohoku II; Member of the House of Nobles and Parker Ranch Estate, Samuel Kamuela Parker; Former Mayor of Honolulu, Lester Petrie; Former Governor of Hawaii, Wallace Farrington; Former Head Master of Kamehameha Schools, Harold Kent; Legendary Waterman, Duke Kahanamoku; The Namesake of the University of Hawaii School of Law, William S. Richardson and more.