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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1116_berkeley-piano-club_Berkeley-CA.html
City of Berkeley Landmarkdesignated in 2005The 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 southwest cor…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1114_mrs-e-p-stella-king-building_Berkeley-CA.html
City of Berkeley Landmarkdesignated in 2005This corner store was built for Stella King's dry goods business and upstairs residence. Until the shop closed in 1923, it was a gathering place where neighbors could find everything from sewing supplies …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM110H_a-peoples-history-of-telegraph-avenue_Berkeley-CA.html
Mural designed by Osha Newmann, painted with O'Brien Thiele, Janet Kranzberg, Daniel Galvez and many othersPainted in 1976Restored and enlarged in 1999City of Berkeley Landmarkdesignated in 1990The mural on this wall was painted the year of the Bi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM110G_panoramic-hill_Berkeley-CA.html
Berkeley HistoryThe Panoramic Hill Historic District typifies Berkeley's early hillside neighborhoods. Steep and narrow Panoramic Way, carved out in 1888, opened the hill to residential development. University professors and early Sierra Club memb…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM110E_orchard-lane_Berkeley-CA.html
City of Berkeley Landmarkdesignated in 1991One of Berkeley's romantic treasures, Orchard Lane is the formal pedestrian entrance to the Panoramic Hill residential neighborhood.
The walk and grand Classical staircase, complete with pillars, balus…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM110D_the-kelsey-ranch_Berkeley-CA.html
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 ground…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1106_john-muir-school_Berkeley-CA.html
City of Berkeley Landmarkdesignated in 1983John Muir School was built beside Harwood Creek on land once part of a 19th-century country estate. The half-timbered style reflects the scale and architecture of the neighborhood and the nearby Claremont…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1105_claremont-public-improvements_Berkeley-CA.html
City of Berkeley Landmarkdesignated in 1984Claremont, a 1905 subdivision, was originally part of the 125-acre Edson Adams ranch. Early advertisements for the tract enticed families to leave the noisy, crowded city behind and head for "sunshine and…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10ZW_site-of-pump-house-peet-brothers-colgate-palmolive_Berkeley-CA.html
In the early 20th century, a thriving manufacturing district grew up in southwest Berkeley. This is the site of a former saltwater pump house, located on what was once the east shoreline of San Francisco Bay. The pumps supplied water used in the p…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10W1_armstrong-college-building_Berkeley-CA.html
City of Berkeley Landmarkdesignated in 1994"To Inculcate the Highest Standards and Ideals in Business."That lofty aim, incised high on the fa?ade of this graceful Spanish Colonial building, guided Armstrong College for more than 70 years. Known in…