This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Alameda County, California, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many National Register properties and districts; these locations may be seen together in an online map.[1]
There are 160 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county, including 8 National Historic Landmarks. Another property was once listed but has been removed.
1930 building by William C. Hays named for Bank of America founder Amadeo Giannini; built to house the Giannini Foundation of Agricultural Economics[11]
1911 building by Julia Morgan. Initially known as Senior Women's Hall,[11] now known as Julia Morgan Hall. Moved from UC Berkeley central campus to UC Botanical Garden in 2014.[19]
Formerly part of the California College of the Arts from 1922 until 2022; in 2017 CCA sold this property to a housing developer who intends to build between 400-600 apartments
Founders' Rock is a historical site located on the corner of Hearst Avenue and Gayley Road, in Berkeley, California, U.S.. The spot, according to college lore, where the 12 trustees of the College of California, the nascent University of California, Berkeley, stood on April 16, 1860, to dedicate the property they had just purchased. This is, supposedly, the same spot where Frederick H. Billings stood in 1866 when he remembered Bishop Berkeley's verse — "Westward the course of empire takes its way" — and thus inspired the name of the new city.
Bernard Ralph Maybeck was an American architect in the Arts and Crafts Movement of the early 20th century. He was an instructor at University of California, Berkeley. Most of his major buildings were in the San Francisco Bay Area.
The Claremont Club & Spa, A Fairmont Hotel is an historic, American hotel that is situated at the foot of Claremont Canyon in the Berkeley Hills. Located in the Claremont district, near the intersection of Claremont Avenue and Ashby Avenue, the site straddles the city limits of Berkeley and Oakland. The border between the neighboring cities runs down the former Key System E train right of way that now serves as a pathway between the tennis courts which belong to the Berkeley Tennis Club.
Berkeley Community Theater is a theater located in Berkeley, California, United States, on the campus of Berkeley High School. The theater is administered by the Berkeley Unified School District. It is listed as a Berkeley Landmark since December 7, 1992. It is part of the Berkeley High School Campus Historic District, and the Berkeley Historic Civic Center District.
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Los Angeles County, California.
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in San Francisco, California, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many National Register properties and districts; these locations may be seen together in an online map.
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Orange County, California.
A. C. Schweinfurth (1864–1900), born Albert Cicero Schweinfurth, was an American architect. He is associated with the First Bay Tradition, an architectural style from the period of the 1880s to early 1920s.
The Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd is an historic Carpenter Gothic style Episcopal church building located at 1001 Hearst Street at Ninth Street in Berkeley, California. Built in 1878, it was designed in the Carpenter Gothic style of architecture by architect Charles L. Bugbee who was associated with his father Samuel C. Bugbee in the San Francisco firm of S. C. Bugbee & Son. Charles L. Bugbee patterned it after the Carpenter Gothic style Mendocino Presbyterian Church, which the firm had designed in 1867. While all of the Mendocino church's exterior walls are of board and batten siding, only the upper walls of Good Shepherd are board and batten while the lower walls are of Dutch lap weatherboarding. Both churches feature tall side-entrance bell towers, steep gabled roofs and lancet windows, but according to writer Daniella Thompson: "...the Church of the Good Shepherd is considerably more ornate and playful than its severe Presbyterian model, ..." On December 15, 1975, Good Shepherd became the second building in Berkeley to be named an Historic Landmark. On December 1, 1986, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places as the Church of the Good Shepherd-Episcopal.
The Julia Morgan Theater, located in the former St. John's Presbyterian Church, is a historic building in Berkeley, California designed by architect Julia Morgan. The wooden building at 2640 College Avenue is built in the American Craftsman style with an exterior wood-shingle finish known as Berkeley Brown Shingle. The church building was desanctified and sold when the congregation moved to a new building in 1974. It now houses the Berkeley Playhouse. The structure is #8 on the city of Berkeley's list of historic landmarks. In 1975 it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
List table of the properties and districts — listed on the California Historical Landmarks — within Alameda County, Northern California.
Golden Sheaf Bakery is a historical building and former bakery built in 1905 and located at 2069–2071 Addison Street in Berkeley, California, U.S. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places since March 31, 1978; listed as a California Historical Landmark since March 31, 1978; and listed as a Berkeley Landmark since October 17, 1977.
The Berkeley Historic Civic Center District is a 9.9-acre (4.0 ha) historic district in Berkeley, California, U.S. It comprises portions of a five-block area surrounding Martin Luther King Jr. Civic Center Park, primarily made up of civic-related buildings. It has been listed as one of the National Register of Historic Places since December 3, 1998; and listed as a Berkeley Landmark by the City of Berkeley since December 7, 1998.
Temple of Wings is a historic Greco-Roman style private estate located at 2800 Buena Vista Way in the La Loma Park neighborhood of Berkeley, California. The main structure was designed by Bernard Maybeck and completed by A. Randolph Monro. It was originally designed as an open-air private home dedicated to modern and contemporary dance. It has been listed by the city as a Berkeley Landmark since January 6, 1992, and is listed in the California State Historic Resources Inventory. It is sometimes known as the Temple of Winds, the Boynton House, and the Charles C. Boynton House.
Old Berkeley City Hall, also known as the Maudelle Shirek Building, is a historic building in the Civic Center neighborhood of Berkeley, California, U.S.. It was originally located at 2134 Grove Street. It has is listed as one of the National Register of Historic Places under the name "City Hall" since September 11, 1981; and listed as a Berkeley Landmark by the city since December 15, 1975. It is one of the contributing buildings to the Berkeley Historic Civic Center District.
Fox Courtand Fox Common are two historic building complexes located at University Avenue in Berkeley, California, U.S.. Fox Court is listed on the National Register of Historic Places since February 4, 1982; and listed as a Berkeley Landmark by the city since November 20, 1978. Fox Common is listed as a Berkeley Landmark by the city since December 7, 1998.
Brooklyn Presbyterian Church is a historical building in Oakland, California. The Brooklyn Presbyterian Church was built in 1887. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 18, 2017. The building was also home to the Grace Temple Baptist Church of Oakland. Also at the Brooklyn Presbyterian Church is the Parish Hall also was built in 1887. The 1887 buildings were designed by Samuel Newsom and Joseph Newsom, who also designed the fourth city hall building in Oakland. Architect, George Bordwell, may have been part of the design also. Brooklyn Presbyterian Church used the church from 1887 to 1972. The church has a three-stage 66-foot bell tower and larger stained glass windows. Sunday school classroom wings were added later. After the church closed, the building was vacant for sometime, in 2022 Strive Wealth Builders started converting the church in to a 21,300 square feet 42 unit housing unit and 5,450 square feet for other uses. The building is in the Clinton neighborhood.
References
↑ The latitude and longitude information provided in this table was derived originally from the National Register Information System, which has been found to be fairly accurate for about 99% of listings. Some locations in this table may have been corrected to current GPS standards.
1 2 Numbers represent an alphabetical ordering by significant words. Various colorings, defined here, differentiate National Historic Landmarks and historic districts from other NRHP buildings, structures, sites or objects.
↑ The eight-digit number below each date is the number assigned to each location in the National Register Information System database, which can be viewed by clicking the number.
↑ "Building History". Blum Center for Developing Economies. University of California, Berkeley. Archived from the original on January 15, 2016. Retrieved July 26, 2015.
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