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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10PO_united-states-post-office_Berkeley-CA.html
City of Berkeley Landmarkdesignated in 1980Berkeley's elegant Main Post Office is representative of the Second Renaissance Revival style, also called Neo-Classical Revival. Government buildings constructed in this era were designed to "educate and…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10PM_federal-land-bank_Berkeley-CA.html
City of Berkeley Landmarkdesignated 1985The Farm Credit Administration built this structure to house federal agricultural banking and financial agencies, including one of the 12 Federal Land Banks that assisted Depression-era farmers. Features of …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10OL_berkeley-high-school-industrial-arts-and-science-g-and-h-buildings_Berkeley-CA.html
1939-1940City of Berkeley Landmarkdesignated in 1982These buildings are fine examples of the Art Deco style in the Bay Area. They were designed as an ensemble with the adjacent Berkeley High School Community Theater. Bas-reliefs and other surface …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10OI_city-hall-annex_Berkeley-CA.html
City of Berkeley Landmarkdesignated in 1984Constructed in 1925 when Berkeley's population was growing rapidly, this building accommodated a variety of civic services next to City Hall. The Department of Milk Inspection, which assured the purity of…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10OG_the-1923-berkeley-fire_Berkeley-CA.html
On the morning of September 17, 1923, a grass fire spread from Wildcat Canyon over the hills into Berkeley. Driven by hot, dry winds, the fire spread rapidly across the northeast residential districts of the city, burning as far south and west as …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10NW_whittier-school_Berkeley-CA.html
City of Berkeley Landmarkdesignated in 1984This reinforced concrete Moderne-style building replaced an 1892 wood frame school. Faculty of the original school planted the five Coast Redwoods at the southwestern edge of the school grounds. The struc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10NV_the-poetry-garden_Berkeley-CA.html
This garden honors Berkeley's many innovative poets, poetry presses and publications, and their creative legacy. It was dedicated in 1999 on the second anniversary of "Beat" poet Allen Ginsberg's death. Through their writings, the nonconformist Be…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10NU_live-oak-park_Berkeley-CA.html
Live Oak Park was created in 1914 when the City of Berkeley purchased four acres from landowners R.S. Penniman and Michael O'Toole. Mr. Penniman's brown shingle house served as the park clubhouse and also, from 1916-1936, as Berkeley's North Branc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10NT_site-of-hunrick-grocery-store_Berkeley-CA.html
City of Berkeley Structure of Meritdesignated in 1988German immigrant George Hunrick built one of Berkeley's many neighborhood groceries on this site when the north Berkeley hills were in an early stage of development. In those days before home re…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10NS_peets-coffee-tea_Berkeley-CA.html
A revolution began here in 1966 when Alfred H. Peet (1920-2007) opened his first coffee roastery and store. Arriving in San Francisco in 1955, "Mr. Peet" was dismayed by the poor quality of coffee in his adopted country. He had learned about coffe…