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Exterior view of The Faculty Club as seen from Faculty Glade
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LocationOxford Street, Berkeley, California
Coordinates 37°52′18.5″N122°15′21.0″W / 37.871806°N 122.255833°W / 37.871806; -122.255833
Built1902;122 years ago (1902)
Architect Bernard Maybeck
NRHP reference No. 82004641 [1]
Added to NRHPMarch 25, 1982
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The Faculty Club of the University of California at Berkeley, [2] or Faculty Club at UC Berkeley, is a private members' club located on the University of California, Berkeley campus in Berkeley, California.

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In 1982, The Faculty Club was placed on the National Register of Historic Places (NPS-82000960). It is also a California Historical Landmark and it is listed in the California Register of Historical Resources. [3] Historical and contemporary artwork can be found in the meeting rooms and main corridor of the club from artists such as Ray Boynton and Jacques Schnier. [4] [5] [6]

Architecture

The Faculty Club was originally built in 1902 to designs by noted Bay Area architect Bernard Maybeck in the American Craftsman style as what is now the Great Hall. [7] [8] Subsequent additions such as architect John Galen Howard's lounge with double fireplace to the south, and kitchen and dining rooms designed by Warren Perry and remodeled by W. S. Wellington, significantly expanded the building's footprint. [8]

It is located on Faculty Glade, adjacent to Strawberry Creek. [8] While excavating what is now Faculty Glade before construction, a variety of Ohlone artifacts and skeletons were uncovered. [8]

Membership

The Faculty Club started as a dining association and then a gentleman's club. The club permitted women only as honorary members or visitors until 1972, (women were restricted from the main dining room until 1969) [9] when members voted to "eliminate all discrimination against female membership in the club". [10] It is located west of the Women's Faculty Club, which opened its doors in 1923 and maintains reciprocity with the Faculty Club today. [11]

Today, active membership is available, upon approval by the board of directors, to current or retired faculty, "researchers, administrators and career staff" associated with the University of California (UC), and associate membership is open to UC alumni. [2]

Paranormal activity

Over the years, many stories have circulated about The Faculty Club – and specifically Room 219 – as the site of reported paranormal activity. [12] [13] According to A History of the Faculty Club by James Gilbert Paltridge, students reported hearing history professor Henry Morse Stephens, who lived in the west wing for over two decades until he died in 1919, [12] reciting lines of poetry from his window. [14] [12]

In March 1974, Keio University professor Noriyuki Tokuda told The Berkeley Gazette that he had seen a "very gentlemanly" man sitting on a chair watching him while he was half asleep, while staying in Room 19 of The Faculty Club. [15] [16] At the time, he was told that the room had been occupied for 36 years by a professor who died in March 1971. [16] A copy of the Gazette article was framed and hung in the club's offices. [12]

In 2009, a psychic medium visited the Spirit Tower of The Faculty Club with a journalism student. [12] [17] While he failed to "connect" with the ghost of Professor Stephens, he claimed to interview a ghost affiliated with the 1920 football team – either the captain, the coach, or both – who purportedly shared that he had died of pneumonia and criticized modern football, but nevertheless "ended ... the interview with a hearty 'Go Bears!'". [17]

Facilities

Today's facility includes lodging, [7] dining, conference rooms, and event facilities which are open to members and non-members. [18] [19]

As a venue, the club has hosted weddings, receptions and special events. [20] [21] [22] [23]

The Club has been the meeting place of Berkeley's Arts Club, [24] Folk-lore Club, [25] and the exclusive History of Science Dinner Club at Berkeley. [26] [27] [28]

Notable members

See also

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