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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2B2G_in-tribute-to-chiura-obata_Berkeley-CA.html
Always go with nature, anywhere, in any circumstance, with gratitude. The renowned and highly respected Japanese American artist Chiura Obata was a popular member of the faculty at the University of California, Berkeley from 1932 to 1942. He m…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29LK_cloyne-court-hotel_Berkeley-CA.html
Opened 1904, home to many distinguished faculty and guests Became a student co-op in 1946 This property has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the U.S. Department of the Interior Dec. 24, 1992
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25MW_observatory-hill_Berkeley-CA.html
Former site of the Students' Observatory, completed in 1886 and named in 1951 for Armin Otto Leuschner (1868-1953), Director of the Observatory (1898-1938) and Chair of the Astronomy Department (1900-1938).
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Q70_the-lawrence-37-inch-cyclotron_Berkeley-CA.html
This is the electromagnet for the world's first major cyclotron. With it, professor Ernest O. Lawrence and others perfected the difficult cyclotron technology. Originally a 27-inch cyclotron, it was converted to a 37-inch instrument in 1937. Weigh…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM118B_first-church-of-christ-scientist_Berkeley-CA.html
Roof replacement, accessibility, and seismic improvements: Architectural Resources Group and Degenkolb Engineers, 2007City of Berkeley Landmarkdesignated 1975Maybeck's masterpiece is an Arts & Craft fusion of Romanesque, early Christian Gothic and…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM114L_charles-w-woodworth-house_Berkeley-CA.html
City of Berkeley Landmarkdesignated in 1993Entomologist, naturalist, physicist, and inventor Charles W. Woodworth designed and built this all-redwood house in the Bay Region style. The three-level, seven-bedroom home has a brown shingle exterior, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1138_frances-albrier_Berkeley-CA.html
It was just automatic for me to stand up and tell a person, "You're wrong. You're mistreating me. You're discriminatory. Why don't you give me a chance?"Great generosity coupled with anger at injustice guided the life of Frances Albrier. In 1920 s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1137_strand-elmwood-theater_Berkeley-CA.html
City of Berkeley Landmarkdesignated in 1982Built as the Strand Theater in the Art Nouveau architectural style, this was one of the neighborhood's first commercial structures. Admission was ten cents for adults, five for children and the theater ad…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM112W_claremont-court-gate-and-street-markers_Berkeley-CA.html
City of Berkeley Landmarkdesignated in 2005These entry gates help define one of Berkeley's most gracious residential areas, Claremont Court, which was designed to attract the growing number of prosperous Bay Area professionals in the early 1900s. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1118_site-of-napoleon-bonaparte-byrne-house_Berkeley-CA.html
In 1858, prosperous farmer Napoleon Bryne sold his Missouri land and journeyed west with his wife Mary Tanner Byrne, four children and other relatives. Two freed slaves, Pete and Hannah Byrnes, came with the family and became Berkeley's first know…
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