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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10RL_site-of-john-hinkel-livery-stable-1900_Berkeley-CA.html
City of Berkeley Landmarkdesignated in 1998By 1900, downtown Berkeley had developed around Shattuck Avenue, its main street. On this site, owned by John Hinkel, stood a brick livery stable run by John Fitzpatrick, the early operator of the Ocean V…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10RF_ennors-restaurant-building_Berkeley-CA.html
City of Berkeley Landmarkdesignated in 2006This reinforced concrete building with its articulated brick facade and simple classical detailing was built for Harvey and Marie Ennor at a time of energetic downtown development. They expanded a small s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10RE_site-of-the-kellogg-school_Berkeley-CA.html
An apple orchard, two houses, and a tailor shop once occupied this block. In 1879, six local businessmen and a university professor financed the purchase of part of the block near Oxford Street as the site for one of the city's first public school…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10RD_howard-automobile-company_Berkeley-CA.html
City of Berkeley Landmarkdesignated in 1983This Zig-Zag Moderne building, designed for the sale and servicing of Buick automobiles, captures the glamour, rising affluence, and sophistication of the post-World War I era. Charles Howard, who rose to…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10RC_the-shuman-block_Berkeley-CA.html
Berkeley HistoryHorse-drawn wagons once carried goods to the Berkeley Free Market housed here. In 1952 the structure was modernized to accommodate automobile showrooms, with artist studios above. Richard Diebenkorn, Elmer Biscoff, William Theophil…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10RB_barker-building_Berkeley-CA.html
City of Berkeley Landmarkdesignated in 1978James Loring Baker was an early Berkeley landowner, developer, and civic leader. He was one of the signers of the incorporation papers for the Town of Berkeley and it was he who delivered them to Sacramen…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10PQ_elks-club-building_Berkeley-CA.html
City of Berkeley Landmarkdesignated in 1991Berkeley's Elks Club, the 1002nd Chapter of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, was founded in 1905, just in time for members to assist those displaced by the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake. Later…
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 …
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