California Hall

California Hall is one of the original "classical core" Beaux-Arts-style Classical Revival buildings on the UC Berkeley campus. Construction began in 1903 under the lead of University Architect John Galen Howard after the university's adoption of the Phoebe Hearst master architectural plan for the Berkeley campus.
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  • Type: University building
  • Description: UC Berkeley campus building
  • Also known as: California Hall (UC Berkeley)
  • Address: CA

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Doe Memorial Library and Bancroft Library.

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.

Library
The is the main special collections library of the . The original collection, acquired in 1905 from its founder Hubert Howe Bancroft, is the largest collection of materials on Californian history and Western North America in the world. is situated 450 feet east of California Hall.

Library
is situated 600 feet north of California Hall.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Northside and Southside.

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

Neighborhood
, also known by the older names South of Campus or South Campus, is a neighborhood in . is located directly south of and adjacent to the campus.

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.

California Hall

Latitude
37.87188° or 37° 52′ 19″ north
Longitude
-122.26037° or 122° 15′ 37″ west
Elevation
272 feet (83 metres)
Levels
2
Open location code
849VVPCQ+QV
Open­Street­Map ID
way 24024512
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­university
Wiki­data ID
Q5020526
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