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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/HM110D_the-kelsey-ranch_Berkeley-CA.html
On a once rural site now bordered by Russell Street, College Avenue, and Stuart Street, the Kelsey family planted orchards and grew ornamental plants on land they purchased in 1860. The 24-acre Kelsey Ranch supplied trees and plants for the ground…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1106_john-muir-school_Berkeley-CA.html
City of Berkeley Landmarkdesignated in 1983John Muir School was built beside Harwood Creek on land once part of a 19th-century country estate. The half-timbered style reflects the scale and architecture of the neighborhood and the nearby Claremont…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1105_claremont-public-improvements_Berkeley-CA.html
City of Berkeley Landmarkdesignated in 1984Claremont, a 1905 subdivision, was originally part of the 125-acre Edson Adams ranch. Early advertisements for the tract enticed families to leave the noisy, crowded city behind and head for "sunshine and…