The Kelsey Ranch

The Kelsey Ranch (HM110D)

Location: Berkeley, CA 94705 Alameda County
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N 37° 51.52', W 122° 15.059'

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On a once rural site now bordered by Russell Street, College Avenue, and Stuart Street, the Kelsey family planted orchards and grew ornamental plants on land they purchased in 1860. The 24-acre Kelsey Ranch supplied trees and plants for the grounds of the new University of California campus as well as the elms which later gave the Elmwood neighborhood its name.

The land was subdivided after John Kelsey's death in 1880 and new streets, including Cherry, Kelsey, and Hazel (now a part of Piedmont Avenue) were laid out. The construction of a streetcar line on College Avenue in 1903, and Berkeley's rapid growth following the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake, spurred Kelsey Tract development. In 1906 a cluster of brown shingle houses on Palm Court was connected with a public path and stairway to what is now Avalon Court, where a private water company had built a reservoir on the hilltop.

By the 1920s the neighborhood was largely developed. Some out-buildings and portions of structures from the original ranch were reused as parts of small homes. Larger and grander new homes were designed by prominent architects.
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HM NumberHM110D
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Year Placed2000
Placed ByBerkeley Historical Plaque Project
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Date Added Tuesday, September 2nd, 2014 at 12:38pm PDT -07:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)10S E 565888 N 4190398
Decimal Degrees37.85866667, -122.25098333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 37° 51.52', W 122° 15.059'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds37° 51' 31.20" N, 122° 15' 3.54" W
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Area Code(s)510
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 2801 Russell St, Berkeley CA 94705, US
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