The Greek Immigrant Who Built a Hotel on a Hawaii Volcano

The Greek Immigrant Who Built a Hotel on a Hawaii Volcano

George Lycurgus. Credit: Public Domain Greek businessman George Lycurgus left an indelible mark on the tourist industry in Honolulu, Hawaii and led Hawaii’s Volcano House Hotel into the modern era of hospitality. George Lycurgus was born in Vasaras, Greece near Sparta in 1858. At nineteen, Lycurgus immigrated to America on the cargo deck of a steamship. Lycurgus, imbued with the entrepreneurial spirit common in Greeks, developed his business pro…