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City of Berkeley Landmarkdesignated in 1999When architect James Plachek was hired at the age of 29 to design this church, it was his first major commission in Berkeley. He later designed many public and commercial buildings, including the Berkeley…
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City of Berkeley Landmarkdesignated in 2004The Hillside Club was founded in 1898 by Berkeley women intent on preserving the natural beauty of the hills. It soon became an influential cultural force. North Berkeley's curved streets with old trees, …
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City of Berkeley Landmarksdesignated in 1986When prominent educator Benjamin Ide Wheeler became president of the University of California in 1899, he and his wife built this spacious home. They entertained many dignitaries here, including Presiden…
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City of Berkeley Landmarksdesignated in 1986Allenoke is the only large estate remaining near the northern edge of the University of California campus. It was designed by Ernest Coxhead for Allen Freeman, President of the Bank of Oakland. Coxhead, …
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City of Berkeley Landmarksdesignated in 1996This is one of the earliest houses built in the north Berkeley hills. George Jensen came from Denmark and was a contractor in Los Angeles before moving to Berkeley. Members of the Jensen family lived in …
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City of Berkeley Landmarksdesignated in 1983In the late 1890s a group of concerned women formed the Hillside Club to "encourage artistic homes built of materials complementing the natural beauty of the Berkeley Hills." The Club soon became a major…
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City of Berkeley Landmarksdesignated in 1995When the La Loma Park subdivision was created in 1900, the streets were laid out in harmony with the natural contours of the land as advocated by Berkeley's Hillside Club. The rustic quality of the stone…
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William C. Hays, Architect, 1922James W. Plachek, Architect, 1930John Reid, Jr., Architect, 1935ELS/Elbasani & Logan Architects, 1998As electric streetcar transportation improved and expanded in the early 20th-century, this section of Berkeley bec…
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City of Berkeley Landmarksdesignated in 1992In one of Berkeley's more eccentric experiments in living, Charles and Florence Boynton built their family residence as a version of a Greco-Roman temple with no walls. Two circular, open-air porches wer…
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City of Berkeley Landmarksdesignated in 1990In 1901 architect Bernard Maybeck purchased ten acres of land here in La Loma Park. He built a sprawling brown shingle home for his family down the street in 1909 and subdivided the rest of his land into…
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