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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Berkeley, California
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No pivotal battles that changed the course
of history were fought here. Nary a famous
person was ever born or raised, lived, slept,
dined, or even gave a glancing look at this
place. This location did not provide a monumental role in the . . . — — Map (db m147452) HM
This building, thought to be Berkeley’s oldest remaining structure, originally stood on the Contra Costa Road, now San Pablo Avenue. Built by Captain William J. Bowen when the area was sparsely populated, it served as an inn, saloon, grocery . . . — — Map (db m53831) HM
This is Berkeley's oldest remaining church building and the oldest church in the East Bay still in continuous use by its founding congregation. The one-story Victorian Gothic-style building was built here on what was Bristol Street, before it was . . . — — Map (db m28503) HM
(Rehabilitated and Partially Reconstructed in 1986. William Coburn, Historic Architectural Consultant)
In the 1850s, Gold Rush-era farmers and merchants began settling in this rural bayside area. Delaware Street connected Jacob’s . . . — — Map (db m52299) HM
City of Berkeley Landmark
designated in 1985
Built by a real-estate developer during the East Bay building boom that followed the 1906 earthquake, this corner store anchored the southwestern boundary of the neighborhood once known as Regents . . . — — Map (db m53833) HM
The whaling gun below this plaque came off the ship; “Cody.” Gib Hunter was the Captain of the ship and was the last of the whalers to operate off the West Coast. Captain Hunter presented this whaling gun to Bud Spenger. — — Map (db m155984) HM
Clam chowder, baked beans and 10¢ beer – these and fish dinners drew crowds to fabled Spenger’s. It all began in the 1860s when Johann Spenger from Bavaria started fishing in the Bay. The gabled structure he built here housed his business and . . . — — Map (db m52303) HM
City of Berkeley Landmark
designated in 1979
Toward the end of the 19th-century, a large Finnish immigrant community was located in west Berkeley. Together they constructed this wooden building which integrates traditional Finnish and American . . . — — Map (db m53834) HM
City of Berkeley Landmark
designated in 1986
Over the years this complex housed Cooper Woodworking, the Sperry Flour Company, the American Photoplayer Company, and other industrial and manufacturing enterprises. American Photoplayer manufactured . . . — — Map (db m53818) HM
City of Berkeley Landmark
designated in 1977
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places
This small-scaled complex of one-and two-story buildings is a surprise on a busy street. Arranged along a brick walkway through a garden court, . . . — — Map (db m53829) HM
From 1902 to 1979 the Santa Fe railroad company used this land for both industrial shipping and passenger
service. The railroad tracks that once passed through here were part of a nine mile strip of land that went from
Richmond to Oakland. After . . . — — Map (db m153776) HM
City of Berkeley Landmark
designated in 2001
During the early 20th century, the Santa Fe Railroad provided three-day passenger and freight service between Chicago and the Bay Area. This depot was one of three major rail stations in Berkeley. . . . — — Map (db m53828) HM
Always go with nature, anywhere, in any circumstance, with gratitude.
The renowned and highly respected Japanese American artist Chiura Obata was a popular member of
the faculty at the University of California, Berkeley from 1932 to . . . — — Map (db m122842) HM
From 1947 to 1968 this was the home of William Anthony Parker White (1911-1968),
universally known by the pen name Anthony Boucher. This Oakland-born author with a
master's degree from UC Berkeley was a pivotal figure in the establishment and . . . — — Map (db m136180) HM
was a college football star at the
University of San Francisco and #1
NEL draft pick but lost the chancce to play
pro football when he suffered a career-
ending knee injury during a college all-
star game. Instead he became the
first African . . . — — Map (db m145994) HM
City of Berkeley Landmark
designated in 1993
Entomologist, naturalist, physicist, and inventor Charles W. Woodworth designed and built this all-redwood house in the Bay Region style. The three-level, seven-bedroom home has a brown shingle . . . — — Map (db m54877) HM
This building was originally part of the small commercial district that grew up around Dwight Way Station where Shattuck Avenue commuter trains intersected with the horse-car line that ran up Dwight Way to the California Schools for the Deaf and . . . — — Map (db m29581) HM
This landmark commemorates an all but forgotten community called
Newbury and a pioneer carpenter, Josiah John Rose, builder of many
San Francisco and Berkeley homes. Newbury, annexed later in 1891
by Berkeley was a thriving village. The sidewalks . . . — — Map (db m145339) HM
William C. Hays, Architect, 1922
James W. Plachek, Architect, 1930
John Reid, Jr., Architect, 1935
ELS/Elbasani & Logan Architects, 1998
As electric streetcar transportation improved and expanded in the early 20th-century, this section . . . — — Map (db m53873) HM
Hiram Lovell, Architect, 1910, 1914
James W. Plachek, Architect, 1921
The popularity of early movies created a demand for new spaces to accommodate eager audiences. South Berkeley’s first neighborhood theater with 144 stools for seats was . . . — — Map (db m53816) HM
Founded in 1945 by local sports hero Melvin Reid and his wife Betty Reid, Reid’s Records was one of the first Black-owned record shops in California and one of the few shops of any kind where African-American music could be purchased before the . . . — — Map (db m152805) HM
City of Berkeley Landmark
designated in 1982
In the early 20th century, this was one of two banks anchoring the busy Lorin business district’s streetcar intersection. The building remained a bank until the 1980s. Its architecture combines a . . . — — Map (db m53815) HM
Berkeley History
Horse-drawn wagons once carried goods to the Berkeley Free Market housed here. In 1952 the structure was modernized to accommodate automobile showrooms, with artist studios above. Richard Diebenkorn, Elmer Biscoff, William . . . — — Map (db m54333) HM
William Byron Rumford was a phamacist who worked on this very
block. In 1948 he was elected to the California
State Assembly becoming the first African
American elected to any public office in Northern
California. He took the lead in passing . . . — — Map (db m154349) HM
Mural designed by Osha Newmann, painted with O’Brien Thiele, Janet Kranzberg, Daniel Galvez and many others
Painted in 1976
Restored and enlarged in 1999
City of Berkeley Landmark
designated in 1990
The mural on this wall was painted . . . — — Map (db m54696) HM
The Berkeley City Club, organized in 1927, was one of the area’s earliest attempts by women to social, civic and cultural progress. The building, constructed in 1929, is one of the outstanding works of noted California architect Julia Morgan, . . . — — Map (db m100562) HM
City of Berkeley Landmark
designated in 2005
The Berkeley Piano Club, dedicated to the performance and study of music, was founded in 1893 by a group of local women. Early meetings were held in members’ homes and later in a barn at the . . . — — Map (db m54726) HM
Roof replacement, accessibility, and seismic improvements: Architectural Resources Group and Degenkolb Engineers, 2007
City of Berkeley Landmark
designated 1975
Maybeck’s masterpiece is an Arts & Craft fusion of Romanesque, early Christian . . . — — Map (db m55032) HM
City of Berkeley Landmark
designated in 1981
Fred Turner Building
Julia Morgan, Architect
Christian M. Teigland, Builder, 1940
This elegant commercial building, featuring two projecting storefront bays, . . . — — Map (db m238722) HM
The McCreary-Greer House and neighboring turn-of-the-century houses on this block are survivors of one of the first residential districts developed around the University campus. This house, with its original garden area and carriage house, . . . — — Map (db m52300) HM
In 1959, Morris (Moe) Moskowitz and his wife, Barbara, opened a small paperback
bookshop on Shattuck Avenue. They soon moved to Telegraph Avenue where Moe's
Books evolved into a renowned emporium featuring hundreds of thousands of books.
Moe's . . . — — Map (db m136179) HM
During the summer of 1969, the house at
835 Folger Avenue was home to the band
Commander Cody and his Lost Planet Airmen.
The band's style mixed country, rock 'n' roll,
western swing, rockabilly, and jump blues
together on a foundation of . . . — — Map (db m239011) HM
This station was constructed as an
Exxon Super Service Station in 1933.
It was a business venture of
longtime Berkeley elementary
school teacher, Sue Irwin.
Built in the California Mission
Style it reflects the look of
railroad . . . — — Map (db m171532) HM
It was just automatic for me to stand up and tell a person, “You’re wrong. You’re mistreating me. You’re discriminatory. Why don’t you give me a chance?”
Great generosity coupled with anger at injustice guided the life of . . . — — Map (db m54814) HM
Berkeley History
Reflecting West Berkeley’s early industrial heritage, this plant remains one of the city’s largest brick buildings. Once used to produce chemicals for a cluster of nearby industries that manufactured soaps, cleaning agents, paper . . . — — Map (db m53812) HM
In the 1930s pharmacist and civil rights activist Dr. William Byron
Rumford (1908–1986) served as the first black professional at
Oakland's Highland Hospital. In 1942 he purchased a pharmacy in
Berkeley and, after constructing this . . . — — Map (db m154343) HM
The San Pablo Tennis Club (SPTC) was established in 1954 by a group of predominantly
Black tennis players who wanted to promote tennis, particularly for the youth, in their
much beloved community. Due to racial discrimination, the San Pablo Park . . . — — Map (db m176624) HM
From the early 1930's the Santa Fe railroad tracks
ran along Sacramento Street in South Berkeley,
through the heart of the African-American community.
This was unsafe and a barrier to unifying
the Berkeley community.
In 1978 Dr. William B. . . . — — Map (db m171589) HM
Originally located at Sixth and Delaware streets, this simple wooden building was constructed by volunteers from the Workingman’s Club, a west Berkeley political organization. Built as a reading room for laborers, it was used briefly as Berkeley’s . . . — — Map (db m53836) HM
These landmarks form the historic core of the first University of California campus, opened in 1873: Founders’ Rock, University House, Faculty Club and Glade, Hearst Greek Theatre, Hearst Memorial Mining Building, Doe Library, Sather Tower and . . . — — Map (db m229323) HM
South Berkeley was originally settled by Coast
Indians. After Spanish conquest in the 1700s, large
land tracts were held by the Peralta, Ashby and
Harmon families.
Transportation has been a key factor in Lorin's
history. Gov. Stanford . . . — — Map (db m145998) HM
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