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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZBB_morse-block_Berkeley-CA.html
Charles Dickey, whose firm designed the Claremont Hotel and who practiced architecture extensively in California and Hawaii, designed this building with two residential floors above commercial storefronts. From 1921 to 1935 the ground floor was oc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZB1_spengers-fish-grotto_Berkeley-CA.html
Clam chowder, baked beans and 10? beer - these and fish dinners drew crowds to fabled Spenger's. It all began in the 1860s when Johann Spenger from Bavaria started fishing in the Bay. The gabled structure he built here housed his business and fami…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZAY_mccreary-greer-house_Berkeley-CA.html
The McCreary-Greer House and neighboring turn-of-the-century houses on this block are survivors of one of the first residential districts developed around the University campus. This house, with its original garden area and carriage house, represe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZAX_delaware-street-historic-district_Berkeley-CA.html
(Rehabilitated and Partially Reconstructed in 1986. William Coburn, Historic Architectural Consultant)
In the 1850s, Gold Rush-era farmers and merchants began settling in this rural bayside area. Delaware Street connected Jacob's Landing, a fre…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZAW_harpoon-cannon_Berkeley-CA.html
The whaling gun below this plaque came off the ship; "Cody." Gib Hunter was the Captain of the ship and was the last of the whalers to operate off the West Coast. Captain Hunter presented this whaling gun to Bud Spenger.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY9Z_american-baptist-seminary-of-the-west-hobart-hall_Berkeley-CA.html
This compact complex of buildings linked by a series of arcades and academic quads in the English tradition was created to house one of Berkeley's oldest seminaries. Hobart Hall, designed by Julia Morgan, is notable for its elaborate brickwork, el…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXZN_golden-sheaf-bakery-annex_Berkeley-CA.html
Listed on the National Record of Historic Places
In 1877, English immigrant John G. Wright founded the Golden Sheaf, Berkeley's first wholesale/retail bakery. The original bakery, with a public dining room, stood around the corner on Shattuck A…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXY1_berkeley-y-m-c-a_Berkeley-CA.html
Originating among working class Englishmen in 1844, the Young Men's Christian Association was brought to North America in 1851 to promote a "full and balanced life" through religious devotion and athletic activity. Berkeley's charter organization …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMS6N_don-pedro-fages-expedition_Berkeley-CA.html
This marker designates the area where on March 27, 1772 a scientific team under the auspices of the Empire of Spain stopped on Strawberry Creek to include an observation of is now known as Golden Gate. According to Juan Crespi, diarist, the first …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOIB_northbrae-public-improvements_Berkeley-CA.html
Berkeley's Northbrae residential subdivision was opened in 1907 by the Mason-McDuffie Company, John Galen Howard - then Supervising Architect of the University of California - designed the Circle and the stairways, benches, and stone pillars used …