Hillside Club

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Berkeley Hillside Club
Berkeley Landmark  No. 266
Hillside Club, Berkeley exterior 2.JPG
Location2286 Cedar Street,
Berkeley, California, U.S.
NRHP reference No. 04000332
BERKL No.266
Significant dates
Added to NRHPApril 16, 2004
Delisted BERKLJanuary 12, 2004

The Hillside Club is a neighborhood social club [1] [2] established in 1898 by residents of Berkeley, California's newly formed Northside neighborhood to protect the hills from unsightly grading and unsuitable buildings. It took its cue from the Arts and Crafts movement. The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places since April 16, 2004, under the name "Berkeley Hillside Club"; [3] and listed as a Berkeley Landmark (no. 266) by the city since January 12, 2004. [4]

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History

Prominent early club members included architects Bernard Maybeck and John Galen Howard, author Charles Keeler, and the journalist Frank Morton Todd.

Maybeck designed the original 1906 clubhouse, [1] [5] which was destroyed in the 1923 Berkeley Fire. John White, Maybeck's brother-in-law, designed the current clubhouse in 1924. Among the club's first projects was the construction of Hillside Elementary School for the Berkeley Public Schools.

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References

  1. 1 2 Gilbert, Andrew (2005-11-18). "Berkeley: Historic Hillside Club reborn as hip outpost catering to local culture". SFGATE . Retrieved 2023-07-26.
  2. "Hillside Club finds new life". East Bay Times. 2007-05-25. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
  3. "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Berkeley Hillside Club". National Park Service . Retrieved July 26, 2023. With accompanying pictures
  4. "List of Designated City Landmarks, Structures of Merit & Historic Districts" (PDF). City of Berkeley. January 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 30, 2023.
  5. Kenneth H. Cardwell, Bernard Maybeck: Artisan, Architect, Artist, Peregrine Smith Books, 1977

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