University of California Berkeley in Alameda County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)

John Galen Howard

1864 – 1931

Photographed by Douglass Halvorsen, July 24, 2025

1. John Galen Howard Marker

Inscription. Founder of the School of Architecture and teacher therein for three decades

Architect of the Greek Theater • California Hall • Hearst Memorial Mining Building • Sather Gate • University Library • Boalt Hall of Law • Agriculture Hall • Sather Tower and Esplanade • Hilgard Hall • Benjamin Ide Wheeler Hall • Gilman Hall • Henry Morse Stephens Memorial Hall • Haviland Hall • LeConte Hall • Hess Hall • Also Chairman and Architect Member of the Commission for the California Memorial Stadium

His Greatest Monuments You See About You

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Education.

Location. 37° 52.333′ N, 122° 15.473′ W. Marker is in Berkeley, California, in Alameda County. It is in University of California Berkeley. It can be reached from Carillon Road. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Berkeley CA 94720, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in California’s San Francisco Bay Area

and on the Coast Ranges.

It is also on the American Pacific Coast.

Globally, it

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is in North America,

on the Ring of Fire,

in the Pacific Rim,

in the Western Hemisphere,

in the Western World,

and in the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain

and also Mexico’s Alta California.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: University of California Berkeley Campus (within shouting distance of this marker); Hans Kelsen (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Gilman Hall (about 500 feet away); Ernest V. Cowell Memorial Hospital (approx. 0.2 miles away); Observatory Hill (approx. 0.2 miles away); Founders' Rock (approx. ¼ mile away); Samuel Hopkins Willey (approx. ¼ mile away); Fred Turner Building (approx. ¼ mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Berkeley.

More about this marker. The inlaid inscription is located on the north side of the Campanile (Sather Tower).

Also see . . .
1. John Galen Howard: The artistry behind our beautiful campus.

Doe Library. The Hearst Memorial Mining Building. The Hearst Greek Theatre. Benjamin Ide Wheeler Hall. The Campanile.

These are just a few stately campus
Photographed by Douglass Halvorsen, July 24, 2025

2. John Galen Howard Marker
landmarks built in the early 1900s under the leadership of John Galen Howard, an architect who, more than any other individual, shaped the face of the UC Berkeley campus.

(Submitted on September 6, 2025, by Douglass Halvorsen of Klamath Falls, Oregon.)

2. John Galen Howard (1864-1931).

John Galen Howard was born in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, and studied architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris. After working in Los Angeles, Boston, and New York, Howard became the supervising architect for the design of the University of California, Berkeley from 1901-1922, as well as founder and Director of its School of Architecture from 1903-1926. In 1909, he was the supervising architect for the Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition in Seattle, Washington. Howard also maintained a private practice opening an office in San Francisco in 1906. Following his departure from the University in 1927, He moved to San Francisco and wrote and published his own poetry.

(Submitted on September 6, 2025, by Douglass Halvorsen of Klamath Falls, Oregon.)

John Galen Howard Marker with Sather Tower in the background image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Douglass Halvorsen, July 24, 2025

3. John Galen Howard Marker with Sather Tower in the background

Credits. This page was last revised on December 31, 2025. It was originally submitted on September 6, 2025, by Douglass Halvorsen of Klamath Falls, Oregon. This page has been viewed 84 times since then and 39 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on September 6, 2025, by Douglass Halvorsen of Klamath Falls, Oregon. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.