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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10FA_hillside-school_Berkeley-CA.html
City of Berkeley Landmarksdesignated in 1982Berkeley architect and civic leader Walter H. Ratcliff, Jr. designed the Hillside School as one his last public commissions. The school takes its name from the Hillside Club, an early 20th-century Berkel…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10F9_rose-walk_Berkeley-CA.html
City of Berkeley Landmarkdesignated in 1991Rose Walk was designed by Bernard Maybeck and completed in 1913 with donations from the neighbors. The walkway linked the Euclid Avenue streetcar line with residences higher on the hill. After the 192…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10F8_everett-and-marie-glass-house_Berkeley-CA.html
City of Berkeley Landmarkdesignated in 1995The Glass House is considered one of the best residential works of Wurster, who was the founding dean of UC Berkeley's College of Environmental Design. This simply detailed, shed roof house was built on a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10F2_indian-rock_Berkeley-CA.html
Outcroppings of weathered rock are a prominent feature of the Berkeley Hills, providing evidence of this area's complex geological past. Composed of Northbrae rhyolite, Indian Rock is an ancient volcanic remnant. Native Ohlone communities gathered…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10F0_mortar-rock_Berkeley-CA.html
Mortar Rock takes its name from the many holes worn in these hard lavas by Native American women pounding and grinding acorns and other seeds into meal. This staple food could be stored and later cooked into cakes or porridge. Native Americans …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10EZ_john-hinkel-park_Berkeley-CA.html
City of Berkeley Landmarkdesignated in 2001In 1919 John and Ada Hinkel donated seven hillside areas to the City of Berkeley in appreciation of the Boy Scouts' service to the nation during the First World War. Before making their gift, the Hinkels …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10EY_thousand-oaks-neighborhood-and-urns_Berkeley-CA.html
Berkeley HistoryIn the early 1900s, the natural beauty of this undeveloped district, with dramatic rock outcroppings and ancient oaks made it a favorite destination for picnickers and hikers. After a campaign to make the area a city park failed…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10EX_site-of-thousand-oaks-school_Berkeley-CA.html
City of Berkeley Landmarkdesignated in 1993The residential subdivision of Thousand Oaks was incorporated into Berkeley in 1920. On this site, one year earlier, a new school building overlooking Blackberry Creek was built to replace wooden bungalow…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10EO_workingmans-hall_Berkeley-CA.html
Originally located at Sixth and Delaware streets, this simple wooden building was constructed by volunteers from the Workingman's Club, a west Berkeley political organization. Built as a reading room for laborers, it was used briefly as Berkeley's…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10EM_toveri-tupa-finnish-hall_Berkeley-CA.html
City of Berkeley Landmarkdesignated in 1979Toward the end of the 19th-century, a large Finnish immigrant community was located in west Berkeley. Together they constructed this wooden building which integrates traditional Finnish and American verna…
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