Berkeley City Club

Coordinates: 37°52′03″N 122°15′46″W / 37.8676°N 122.2628°W

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Berkeley Women's City Club
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
California Historical Landmark No. 908^[1]
Berkeley Landmark No. 2

The Berkeley City Club
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Location	2315 Durant Ave Berkeley, California
Coordinates	37°52′03″N 122°15′46″W / 37.8676°N 122.2628°W / 37.8676; -122.2628
Built	1929
Architect	Julia Morgan
NRHP reference No.	77000282
CHISL No.	908^[1]
BERKL No.	2
Added to NRHP	October 28, 1977
Designated CHISL	May 12, 1977^[1]
Designated BERKL	December 15, 1975^[2]

The Berkeley City Club is a historic hotel at 2315 Durant Avenue in Berkeley, California. It was commissioned as the club house of the Berkeley Women's City Club, organized in 1927 to contribute to social, civic, and cultural progress. This private club is no longer restricted to women, and the club house building is available to the public at large for overnight stays, weddings, and other occasions. On the second floor, the club also houses Julia's Restaurant and Morgan's Bar & Lounge.^[3]

The building, constructed in 1929 and officially opened in 1930, is one of the outstanding works of noted California architect Julia Morgan. The San Francisco-born Morgan was the first woman to gain admission and earn a certificate from the Ecole de Beaux-Arts in Paris (1902) and the first licensed female architect in California. She designed nearly 100 women's-organization buildings throughout her career.

Her interpretation of Moorish and Gothic elements in the Berkeley Women's City Club created a landmark of California design. It is registered as California Historical Landmark^[1] and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NPS-77000282). The Berkeley City Club Conservancy cares for the building itself. Along with many other stewards of Julia Morgan properties, BCCC joined in the California Cultural and Historical Endowment's Julia Morgan 2012 Project.

References

Citations

^ ^a ^b ^c "Berkeley City Club". Office of Historic Preservation, California State Parks. Retrieved 2012-10-06.
^ "Berkeley Landmarks". Berkeley Architectural Heritage Association. Retrieved 2013-03-04.
^ Julia's Restaurant

Further reading

McNeill, Karen (2012). "Women Who Build: Julia Morgan & Women's Institutions". California History. 89 (3): 41–74. doi:10.2307/23215875. JSTOR 23215875.

External links

Media related to Berkeley City Club at Wikimedia Commons

Women's clubs in the United States

Clubs

Nationwide	American Association of University Women American Woman's League Associated Daughters of Early American Witches Association of Southern Women for the Prevention of Lynching Colonial Dames XVII Century Colonial Dames of America Daughters of the American Colonists Daughters of the American Revolution Daughters of the Cincinnati Daughters of the Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the World General Federation of Women's Clubs Junior League Ladies' Memorial Association League of Women Voters National Association of Colored Women National Council of Jewish Women National Society of the Colonial Dames of America National Society of New England Women Phillis Wheatley Club Queen Isabella Association United States Daughters of 1812 United Daughters of the Confederacy United Order of Tents Women's Christian Temperance Union Women's National Republican Club Women's Joint Congressional Committee Women's Trade Union League Young Women's Christian Association
Alabama	Alabama's Colored Women's Club
Alaska	Anchorage
Arizona	Casa Grande Glendale Mesa Willcox
California	California State Federation of Colored Women's Clubs Berkeley City Club Beverly Hills College Women's Club Corona Ebell Society Ebell of LA Francisca Club Hollywood Women's Press Club La Jolla Lincoln LA Nurses' Club Metropolitan Club San Pedro Wilfandel Club
Delaware	Milford Wilmington
Florida	Bradenton Davie Fort Lauderdale Miami
Georgia	Atlanta Neighborhood Union Atlanta Woman's Club Dawson Demorest Tennille
Hawaii	Daughters of Hawaii
Illinois	Chicago and Northern District Association of Colored Women's Clubs Chicago Woman's Club Fortnightly of Chicago Frederick Douglass Woman's Club Three Arts Club
Indiana	Indiana State Federation of Colored Women's Clubs Vincennes
Iowa	Iowa Federation of Colored Women's Clubs Des Moines
Kansas	Topeka Council of Colored Women's Clubs Building Woman's Club of Topeka
Kentucky	Kentucky Federation of Women's Clubs
Louisiana	Era Club
Maryland	Woman's Literary Club of Baltimore Maryland Woman Suffrage Association
Massachusetts	Chilton College Club of Boston Colored Female Religious and Moral Society New England Woman's Press Association New England Women's Club Woman's Era Club Saturday Morning Club
Michigan	Ladies' Library Association of Kalamazoo
Minnesota	Saint Paul
Mississippi	Mississippi Federation of Women's Clubs Mississippi State Federation of Colored Women's Clubs
Montana	East Glacier
Nevada	20th Century Club
New Jersey	Kalmia Club Morristown Red Bank Rutherford Upper Montclair
New Mexico	Alamogordo Carrizozo Las Cruces Silver City
New York	Empire State Federation of Women's Clubs Brooklyn Woman's Club Colony Club Cosmopolitan Club Equal Suffrage League (Brooklyn) Newswomen's Club of New York Sorosis Women's City Club
North Carolina	Charlotte
Ohio	Dayton
Oklahoma	Oklahoma Federation of Colored Women's Clubs Federation of Women's Clubs for Oklahoma and Indian Territories
Oregon	Ashland Colored Women's Clubs Dundee Town Club
Pennsylvania	Cosmopolitan Club Plastic Club
South Carolina	General Federation of Women's Clubs of South Carolina South Carolina Federation of Colored Women's Clubs
Tennessee	19th Century Club Country Woman's Club Ossoli Circle
Texas	Daughters of the Republic of Texas Texas Association of Women's Clubs Texas Equal Rights Association Texas Equal Suffrage Association Texas Federation of Women's Clubs Dallas Equal Suffrage Association El Paso Fort Worth Houston Heights Lyceum Club San Antonio
Utah	Daughters of Utah Pioneers
Virginia	Mount Vernon
Washington	Kirkland Longview Olympia University Club of Seattle
Wisconsin	Wauwatosa
Wyoming	Casper
Washington D.C.	Sulgrave Club Women's City Club