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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/HMZDK_jos-h-mccourt-bruno-l-putzker_Berkeley-CA.html
In MemoriamJos. H. McCourt1877 - 1900Co. F. 8th Cal Inf. U.S.V. - Co. I. 35th Inf. U.S.V.
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Bruno L. Putzker1880 - 1899Btry. K. 3rd U.S. Army
Berkeley men killed in action in Philippines Insurrection
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZDJ_veterans-memorial-building_Berkeley-CA.html
In the early 1920s Alameda County voters approved a special tax to construct buildings that would honor war veterans and provide a meeting place for their organizations. The City of Berkeley contributed the land for this building. Designed in the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZDI_berkeley-city-hall_Berkeley-CA.html
Listed on the National Register of Historic PlacesThis was Berkeley's City Hall from 1909 to 1977. It sits on the site of the Town Hall that burned in 1904. It remains a source of civic pride and a symbol of Berkeley. Now commonly known as "Old Ci…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZDC_shattuck-square_Berkeley-CA.html
Shattuck Square is a group of three buildings constructed on the site of a former railroad freight yard, as a northern anchor to Berkeley's historic downtown commercial district. It is the city's only work by the San Francisco architectural firm t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZD9_site-of-david-parks-studio_Berkeley-CA.html
In the 1940s painter David Park (1911-1960) had a studio in a brick building that once occupied this site. Despite a well-received exhibition of his abstract expressionist works at the San Francisco Museum of Art in 1948, Park rejected abstraction…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZD7_fram-t-lodge-405_Berkeley-CA.html
Berkeley's large immigrant population in the late 19th and early 20th centuries included many natives of Sweden. The local chapter of the Swedish-American Vasa Order constructed this building as a lodge hall and cultural center. On November 8, 192…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZD5_roos-bros-building_Berkeley-CA.html
In 1876 the Central Pacific (later Southern Pacific) Railroad expanded into downtown Berkeley. What is now Shattuck Square was the site of freight yards; Berkeley Station was located on the smaller block to the south. By 1903, as the business dist…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZD3_heywood-building_Berkeley-CA.html
James W. Plachek, Architect1917Jim Novesel: The Bay Architects1994This small commercial building was built for William Heywood, son of Berkeley pioneer Zimri Brewer Heywood. The upstairs was used as the architectural offices of James W. Plachek, d…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZD1_s-h-kress-co-store_Berkeley-CA.html
Samuel H. Kress began his chain of retail stores around 1900 and soon these "five and dime" variety stores dotted downtowns across America. Kress's own company architects designed stores of high quality and adapted them to fit into the context and…