University House

The University House is a residence and venue for official events on the campus of the . Designed by the architect Albert Pissis and completed in 1911, it was formerly named President's House while it served as the home of the president of the University of California, starting with Benjamin Ide Wheeler and ending with Robert Gordon Sproul.
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  • Type: University building
  • Description: building in California, United States
  • Also known as: University House, Berkeley
  • Address: CA

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include C. V. Starr East Asian Library and Doe Memorial Library.

Library
is situated 650 feet southeast of University House.

Library
The is the main library of the University of California, Berkeley Library System. The library is named after its benefactor, Charles Franklin Doe, who in 1904 bequeathed funds for its construction. is situated 1,200 feet southeast of University House.

Museum
The are a combined art museum, repertory movie theater, and film archive associated with the . is situated 1,800 feet southwest of University House.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Northside and Downtown Berkeley.

Neighborhood
is a principally residential neighborhood in , located north of the campus, east of Oxford Street, and south of Cedar Street.

Neighborhood
is the central business district of the city of , United States, around the intersection of Shattuck Avenue and Center Street, and extending north to Hearst Avenue, south to Dwight Way, west to Martin Luther King Jr.

Neighborhood
Photo: Diablanco, CC0.
The is a colloquial name for the North Shattuck business district of the neighborhood in the city of , known as the birthplace of California cuisine.

University House

Latitude
37.8745° or 37° 52′ 28″ north
Longitude
-122.26225° or 122° 15′ 44″ west
Elevation
302 feet (92 metres)
Open location code
849VVPFQ+Q4
Open­Street­Map ID
way 24025039
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­university
Geo­Names ID
5404834
Wiki­data ID
Q7894783
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