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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10W0_edward-a-brakenridge-house_Berkeley-CA.html
City of Berkeley Landmarkdesignated in 1992Arriving in Berkeley from Massachusetts, Edward Brakenridge bought property that extended to Rose Street for this large Queen Anne-style residence, a stable, and a carriage house. Ira Boynton, like many l…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10VV_tupper-reed-building_Berkeley-CA.html
City of Berkeley Landmarkdesignated in 1984John Tupper and Lawrence Reed constructed this building for their music store, which they had established in Berkeley in 1906. University of California art professor Eugen Neuhaus complimented them as bus…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10RL_site-of-john-hinkel-livery-stable-1900_Berkeley-CA.html
City of Berkeley Landmarkdesignated in 1998By 1900, downtown Berkeley had developed around Shattuck Avenue, its main street. On this site, owned by John Hinkel, stood a brick livery stable run by John Fitzpatrick, the early operator of the Ocean V…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10RG_berkeley-veterans-memorial-grove_Berkeley-CA.html
[Marker #1]In Memory of Those WhoMade theSupreme Sacrificein the World WarC T Vinther · J T Gimbel · A H OhmanBerkeley Parlor No 210Native Sons of the Golden West[Marker #2]This Tree Dedicatedto the Memory of theGrand Army of the Rep…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10RF_ennors-restaurant-building_Berkeley-CA.html
City of Berkeley Landmarkdesignated in 2006This reinforced concrete building with its articulated brick facade and simple classical detailing was built for Harvey and Marie Ennor at a time of energetic downtown development. They expanded a small s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10RE_site-of-the-kellogg-school_Berkeley-CA.html
An apple orchard, two houses, and a tailor shop once occupied this block. In 1879, six local businessmen and a university professor financed the purchase of part of the block near Oxford Street as the site for one of the city's first public school…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10RD_howard-automobile-company_Berkeley-CA.html
City of Berkeley Landmarkdesignated in 1983This Zig-Zag Moderne building, designed for the sale and servicing of Buick automobiles, captures the glamour, rising affluence, and sophistication of the post-World War I era. Charles Howard, who rose to…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10RC_the-shuman-block_Berkeley-CA.html
Berkeley HistoryHorse-drawn wagons once carried goods to the Berkeley Free Market housed here. In 1952 the structure was modernized to accommodate automobile showrooms, with artist studios above. Richard Diebenkorn, Elmer Biscoff, William Theophil…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10RB_barker-building_Berkeley-CA.html
City of Berkeley Landmarkdesignated in 1978James Loring Baker was an early Berkeley landowner, developer, and civic leader. He was one of the signers of the incorporation papers for the Town of Berkeley and it was he who delivered them to Sacramen…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10PQ_elks-club-building_Berkeley-CA.html
City of Berkeley Landmarkdesignated in 1991Berkeley's Elks Club, the 1002nd Chapter of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, was founded in 1905, just in time for members to assist those displaced by the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake. Later…
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